Polk County officials announced that debris collection will begin Monday, Oct. 14, as part of ongoing recovery efforts ...

Polk County schools are open Monday, but will shut down Tuesday for three days. Sandbag locations are opening across 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 ...

Need fire, police, medical? Need to report a power outage or check on restoration? Here are some key contacts in Polk County.

There were numerous tornado warnings Wednesday afternoon across Central Florida although Polk County officials say no ...

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 ...

BARTOW, Fla. — As Hurricane Milton nears landfall somewhere on the western Gulf Coast of Florida, officials in Polk County ...

Hurricane Milton's forecasted track has changed little. The Category 5 storm will hit the west coast near Tampa Bay late Wednesday or early Thursday.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County officials are urging patience as recovery efforts begin in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. At ...

Duke Energy Florida reported there were at least 63,000 customer outages throughout its service area in Polk County on Thursday afternoon. In a news release covering all of Florida, Duke ...