Beginning in January, state Rep. Jennifer Canady's staff will hold mobile office hours on the third Wednesday of each month ...

Gov. DeSantis announced awards totaling more than $86 million to Dundee, Frostproof and the Peace River Watershed Project in ...

Lakeland officials table proposed stormwater fee hike as commission clashes over who should be responsible for funding what portion of the $70 million in projects.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said an optician's arrest was "crystal clear" after a photo showed him point a gun at a ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies now ask everyone they encounter for place of birth, not only those arrested, as had been the custom for decades.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Two men face 15 years in federal prison if convicted of their involvement in the Jan. 30 drive-by shooting in Lakeland that injured 11 men, law enforcement announced. Nicholas Hason, ...

The proposed increase could nearly double fees for typical residents over five years, and for businesses it could be far more ...

A group Philly teens who were in Florida to play a youth football championship game were arrested for stealing merchandise ...

The coach said he hopes the eight Philly teens facing felonies for stealing in Florida learn that there are consequences for ...

A Florida pastor survived being shot in the head at close range in 2011 while praying in his church. More than 12 years later, an X-ray following a car crash revealed the bullet was still lodged in ...