Florida Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, must defeat Democrat Octavio Hernandez of Davenport to earn a fourth term in the ...

Lakeland Electric makes steady progress restoring power. A body is found in floodwaters. And when will Polk County schools ...

Polk public schools will remain closed Monday and Tuesday. Duke Energy says all its Polk electric customers should be ...

Frostproof Mayor Jon Albert, who won a six-person Republican primary election, faces John Hill of Poinciana, the only ...

Florida’s First Lady Casey DeSantis along with the Florida surgeon general and the sheriff of Polk County are speaking out against Amendment 3, which would legalize marijuana in the state if it is ...

Duke Energy and TECO still have a small number of outages in Polk County. Lakeland Electric had 5,907 remaining Monday ...

Frustrated Lake Bonny residents and Lakeland city leaders agreed on one thing Monday: the pump to release water from their ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff's Office announced that some roads were blocked on Thursday morning as Hurricane ...

“I’m guessing the deputy was white-knuckle driving,” Polk County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Brian Bruchey told McClatchy News ...

Duke Energy Florida reported there were at least 63,000 customer outages throughout its service area in Polk County on Thursday ... intruding yet,” she said. City crews will continue to monitor ...

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Duke Energy Florida said it had whittled the number ... "We anticipate areas that are not flooded in Combee Settlement, Polk City, Orangedale and Highland City having power restored on Tuesday ...