A Lakeland man with 16 previous felonies is back behind bars after detectives linked him to a string of robberies involving ...

Polk County has presented a budget that includes $2 million in cuts and a property tax levy reduction. What's in the proposal: ...

Property tax relief is needed in Florida. But the Florida Legislature’s plans, which wouldn’t provide any relief to millions of Floridians, are flailing. A new approach is needed.

Law enforcement officers with the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office extradited a Florida resident on charges of identity theft and more. Detectives with the sheriff’s office ...

A Florida man has been extradited to Pitt County and charged in connection with an alleged real estate scam involving more than $100,000, according to the Pitt ...

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Wendy’s is adding locations in Manatee, a Polk County industrial site changes hands, and a Miami flooring company finds space in Fort Myers.

A fire destroyed the Tucker House, a remnant of a farmhouse surrounded by open fields in the Kathleen area north of Lakeland.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Sunday evening in Mulberry turned chaotic when a motorcyclist was struck by a fleeing vehicle, leading ...

Polk County has pumped hundreds of thousands from its general fund into the Polk County Fairgrounds and Event Center. Voters ...

Bank Iowa, headquartered in West Des Moines, paid Penta Partners LLC $4.3 million for property at 5580 Merle Hay Road in Johnston, Polk County real estate records show. The property includes a newly ...

A Lake Wales crash involving 11 people killed four on State Road 60, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. All four people that died were in the same car. Investigators say that a car crossed ...