Polk County’s Hispanic population has grown from one-fifth to more than one-quarter of the overall population over the past ...

Tropical Storm Sara is expected to dissipate over or near Mexico's Yucantan Peninsula early next week, eliminating the tropical threat to the U.S. Gulf Coast or Florida, according to the FOX 35 Storm ...

The personal assistant to a 77-year-old blind man stole more than $140,000 from him to fund her lavish lifestyle, Florida investigators said. Now, 46-year-old Carrie Hutchinson has lost her $6,000 per ...

Tropical Storm Sara now threatens to wreak havoc over Central America with days of heavy rain. Its remnants could then send ...

Eight Polk County high school football teams have made their way to the FHSAA playoffs, where they kick off postseason play ...

The investigation will look at the impacts the flooding had on many communities in Hillsborough during hurricanes Debby, ...

Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday and was expected to move into Central America and Mexico before ...

Angel de la Portilla, a governmental consultant with Central Florida ... and Polk, as it is less restrictive to get projects ...

While the latest tally Nov. 8 shows Polk County’s voter turnout hasn’t matched the pandemic levels of 2020, the results are ...

Hurricane Rafael continues to weaken in the Gulf of Mexico and while the cyclone will not directly strike the U.S., it will ...

The NHC said Wednesday it is tracking a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea that could become a tropical depression by the end ...