As of Friday, April 25, there were 96 wildfires burning across Florida, burning 3,832 acres. Eighteen counties have issued ...

Bills moving through the Florida Legislature would, among other things, redirect bed tax money to property tax breaks and ...

Almost 90 wildfires are burning across Florida, affecting 2,782 acres. Don't expect conditions to improve anytime soon.

Madalynne Brooks was one of Polk County's most influential crusaders for civil rights. Soon a park will be named after her.

nice large peaches for a Florida peach,” Archie said. The couple created Ridge Island Groves over 30 years ago, and it has become an institution, located off Polk City Road. Families come there ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Residents in Pasco County, as well as Plant City in Hillsborough County, voted in municipal elections Tuesday. In Pasco County, there were two elections: a four-person ...

Make your Florida vacation spot daily living — these counties have the lowest property tax bills in the state.

An air quality alert was reported by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 1:57 p.m. in effect until Wednesday at 10 a.m. for Dixon and Dakota counties.

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.

As of Thursday, April 10, there were 17 Florida counties with a mean Keetch-Byram Drought Index over 500, which means drought or increased fire danger. One county, Lee, has hit 600. Here's an ...

Rip currents are most common in the winter months for Florida, but they can occur during the spring time, too. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, rip currents are ...

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 ...