Some USPS Operations Temporarily Suspended Ahead of Hurricane Milton CENTRAL FLORIDA – As Hurricane Milton approaches, and to ensure the safety of customers and employees, the Postal Service is ...

HURRICANE AND STORM SURGE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA… …RESIDENTS IN FLORIDA ARE URGED TO USE TODAY TO PREPARE FOR MILTON’S ARRIVAL AND EVACUATE IF TOLD TO DO SO BY LOCAL ...

Milton is expected to grow in size and remain an extremely dangerous hurricane when it approaches the west coast of Florida on Wednesday. A large area of destructive storm surge will occur along parts ...

Polk County sandbag sites will be open to residents at the locations listed below Oct. 6 and 7 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sandbag site locations are: Mulberry/South Lakeland – Loyce E. Harpe Park, 500 W ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit has made another arrest for animal cruelty in the same ...

James Coulter This Sunday (Sep. 22) was the first day of fall. Autumn is officially upon us. The nights are getting longer.

Deploys Response and Recovery Assistance to North Carolina & Tennessee TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Today, Governor Ron DeSantis ...

Beginning Sunday, the City of Haines City will provide two sandbag fill sites that will open from 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM in preparation for the approaching inclement weather. The fill site locations will ...

Update: On 9/17/2024 the State of Florida dropped its charges against Jayla Rae Robinson, 22, of Lakeland. She was charged ...

A homeless man is in custody after entering a Polk County government building that houses the Supervisor of Elections Office, Polk County Sheriff’s Office Court Processing Department and some Polk ...

The Polk County Fire Rescue, Lakeland Fire Department and other local emergency personnel were called to Sleepy Hill Elementary, 2285 Sleepy Hill Road, Lakeland, FL 33810, due to a propane gas leak in ...