Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished eight months ahead of schedule, Florida ...

A cold front is moving through Florida April 11, as drought conditions prompt the NWS to issue red flag warnings for seven counties. Here's Polk's forecast.

A man is in custody in Polk County, Florida, after a March 30 road rage shootout that occurred in a Publix supermarket parking lot in a nearby county. According to the Osceola County Sheriff's ...

The driest conditions continue across South and Southwest Florida. Wiggins Fire: Collier County. 250 acres. 95% contained. Pretty Pine Fire: Polk County. 125 acres. 90% contained. Walker Road Fire: ...

A cold front moving through Florida is expected to bring locally ... danger," the National Weather Service said. On Thursday, Polk County averaged 428 on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index.