Nowadays, these monkeys can be found throughout Central Florida — though some counties have had more sightings than others.

Florida supervisors of elections are offering offering $1,200 scholarships to college students, according to Polk Supervisor ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A Lakeland woman's attempt to evade law enforcement ended with her arrest on multiple charges after a high-speed chase and crash. 38-year-old Tareva Thomas was arrested by the Polk ...

A woman who runs a pet business was arrested for 16 counts of animal neglect and cruelty by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Polk County sheriff's deputies found two men asleep in a car with a 4-year-old girl inside at a gas station pump, and when the driver awoke, he fought with a deputy and bit a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.