Each project is different, but one Polk County site offers a window into the challenging but rewarding process of restoring ...

Sumter County residents can check out one canoe and up to two paddles and life jackets for free at Sumter Public Library’s Lake Panasoffkee and Pinellas Plaza locations. A key will be provided to ...

When the Orlando Sentinel started investigating the payments, the DeSantis administration sent a threatening, unsigned  “cease and desist” letter, demanding the Sentinel stop contacting the ...

The call to Skip Simmons, CEO of a mentorship program in Volusia County, came from out of the blue. One evening in December of 2022, he said, someone from the governor’s office phoned and told him to ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff's Office is reaching out to the community for assistance in identifying a man ...

Ex-Deputy In Florida Nabbed In Undercover Sting For Soliciting Teen A former deputy in Florida is behind bars after allegedly ...

The ruling was lauded by civil rights advocates and privacy watchdogs fresh off of a fight in the Oregon Legislature over a ...

The investigations collectively seized a staggering 64 pounds of fentanyl – enough to claim millions of lives and marking the most significant single seizure in Polk County's history.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

Tiekei Dickerson was promptly arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on the outstanding warrant and transported to the Polk County Jail. He will be held pending extradition to Lowndes County, ...

Firefighters battling a section of the Rowena Fire showed that it’s not just people who may need help as the fire continues to burn between Mosier and The Dalles.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office posted a video of Thunder running across a field to Facebook. Deputies recently rescued the two-year-old Paso Fino stallion who, they say, was kept in a small ...