Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

A tropical wave in the central Atlantic and another in the Caribbean are moving west as we approach the start of hurricane ...

That’s the case for Visit Central Florida — which is hosting its free annual Hurricane Prep Week. Visit Central Florida is ...

A man has been charged with shooting and killing his adult stepson in what police called a domestic fight over the popular ...

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville is warning that, based on current forecasts, records could be set or tied as ...

Once considered one of Florida's top courses, it's fallen into disrepair. Now the owner wants to put 1,100 more homes in the ...

Dave Schmitt, an engineer and authorized agent for the owners, requested approval of a future land use map ... Florida company FLLWCC bought the property for $700,000, according to Polk County ...

Polk County was considering changes to its land-use codes, including some that would address flooding and public notice of new developments. A pending state bill could void them.

The proposed routes for a toll road in eastern Polk County have shifted north. Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise has narrowed the corridors under consideration for the Central Polk Parkway East from four ...

According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management ... That is typically the case in Polk County, which does not have a mandatory evacuation policy, according to its website. The state, in ...