The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

Two men who were sleeping in a car in Polk County were arrested after one of them attacked a deputy and their police dog.

Since the Trump administration opened up schools to immigration enforcement, families are concerned what can happen to their ...

The announcement that the National Institutes of Health will cap funding for medical research has researchers fearful that their work will be decimated, NPR reports. The move could cost institutions ...

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

Nic Partridge, The Ledger's 2024 Player of the Year, is among the top players in Polk County as he returns for his senior ...

A Florida sheriff says federal immigration authorities need to remove the "shackles" from local law enforcement agencies so they can assist in deporting criminal illegal migrants.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd discussed how they are partnering with federal agencies to deport criminal migrants from their community. (Fox News Digital) ...

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

"Your chief judge felt compelled to ensure that you would not be assigned to a criminal docket," Supreme Court Chief Justice ...