"Florida has the only area of extreme drought east of the Plains," with more than 40% of the state under drought conditions, ...

The city of Lake Wales is taking decisive action to reclaim its historic Walesbilt Hotel ... The Walesbilt Hotel, built in the 1920s during Florida’s land boom, was once a symbol of prosperity.

The Dora Canal cruise is particularly special, traversing what’s often called “the most beautiful mile of water in Florida.” ...

Mount Dora is Florida’s master class in delightful contradiction – a town with actual hills in a famously flat state, ...

Polk County ... Polk County. Also, Winter Haven is among the cities issuing their own burn ban. Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco counties also are under a burn restriction from the Florida Forest ...

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished ahead of schedule, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. The project, adding one lane in each ...

AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County woman out on probation is back behind bars, but this time for allegedly running over her estranged husband’s new girlfriend. “I knew that they had ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A deputy was injured Sunday after being shot in the leg while trying to defend herself from a dog attack, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported. Deputies said ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) helped find a man who went missing from a nursing home in Poinciana. FWC said the man went missing from a nursing ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

The City of Lake Wales is taking back ownership of a historic downtown hotel that has ... of the Walesbilt Hotel could be at risk if the Florida legislature adopts a pair of bills that would ...

There were 57 wildfires burning across Florida April 15, 2025. The largest fire is burning more than 100 acres in the Panhandle. Map shows locations ... Road fire in Gulf County.