An Auburndale mother was arrested after police said she lied to protect her daughter accused in a hit-and-run crash that left a 6-year-old child hospitalized, according to police. The Polk County ...

PRISON OR 25 YEARS AT THE LEAST. OUT IN POLK COUNTY. A MISSING CHILD HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN POLK COUNTY. LAKE OUT THERE. INVESTIGATORS SAY A 12 YEAR OLD WAS OUT SWIMMING WITH FAMILY BEFORE HE GOT ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A boy was found dead at a lake in Polk County Thursday afternooon. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office first reported the boy’s disappearance shortly before 3 p.m ...

The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot for the upcoming special elections in Florida is Thursday, March 20. The special elections, for two U.S. congressional districts and three Florida ...

Florida’s leaders are considering a far-reaching remedy to cut the soaring costs of owning a home: ditching property taxes. Killing property taxes would leave the state more reliant on its sales ...

The population has kept growing in many of Florida’s metropolitan areas, including Central Florida and South Florida — putting them in national Top Ten lists, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Crews continued battling a brush fire Wednesday that completely shut down access to the Florida Keys. Both US-1 and Card Sound Road were shut down on Wednesday as ...

Tower Hill is the best cheap home insurance for most people in Florida, with an average rate of $1,552 per year. To find the best homeowners insurance in Florida, ValuePenguin reviewed major insurance ...

Crew-10 members will board SpaceX rocket to International Space Station, which sets up the return to Earth of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Depending on cloud cover, weather and visibility ...

A radar-confirmed EF0 or EF1 tornado hit Lake Mary in Seminole County, leaving hundreds without power across Central Florida. Duke Energy and FPL reported outages, with Seminole County being the ...