Osceola County is tackling its persistent traffic issues with a series of road improvement projects, aiming to accommodate a ...

The Central Polk Parkway East would pass through land that contains the endangered blushing scrub mint plant, advocates say.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officer tried to stop a driver in a silver Ford F-150 who was spotted hunting deer from the roadway using ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Residents and county officials are at odds over plans to accommodate growth by widening Thompson Nursery Road and adding bike lanes. “At the meeting, they took a ...

The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its Lakeland Academic Center.

The Bissett family asked Turnpike Enterprise officials to move the highway route to the west, away from the property that ...

The first crash occurred in the Frostproof area, on Alturas Babson Park Cutoff Road near U.S. 27. The second serious crash of the evening occurred at about 8:36 p.m. at 12797 Rockridge Rd., north ...

Polk County One person is dead after officer-involved incident in Polk County By Angel Green, WFTV.com June 14, 2025 at 11:33 am EDT + Caption ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

Adam Shafran, who lives across unpaved Bloom Lane from Burke’s property in a rural pocket of Seminole County, learned from a friend the roadway would cut through his house and nursery of exotic fruit ...

Some people travel for beaches, others for theme parks, but true food enthusiasts know that sometimes the humble mashed potato is reason enough to put miles on the odometer – especially when they’re ...