One person is in the hospital after fire destroyed a mobile home early Wednesday, according to Polk County Fire Rescue.

A Lakeland resident found the dead bat in a bag among her children's toys, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported.

Early signing for football came two weeks earlier this season, and seven Polk County athletes from two schools, Lakeland and ...

Polk County's two largest law enforcement agencies made 1.5 times more arrests for DUI this Thanksgiving week than last year.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A new exhibition, The Best of Polk Show, hopes to highlight art from across Polk County. "One of the ...

Joseph Hutchinson III, a former Polk County resident, cited President-Elect Donald Trump’s stated plans to pardon January 6 ...

Polk County Sheriff's deputies responded to a crash around 1:45 p.m. at State Road 540 and Cooley Road in Eagle Lake where ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Two Floridians each have a million new reasons to celebrate this holiday season. On Wednesday, the Florida Lottery announced Dora Velazquez scratched her way to a ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the 33-year-old mother was driving a silver 2013 Hyundai Elantra south on Cooley Road, ...

A 2-year-old girl is fighting for her life following a two-vehicle crash that killed her mother on Monday afternoon.

Merchant cash advance lenders have led another Tampa Bay company to Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Premium Crane in Haines City filed ...

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a legendary Tampa bakery is getting a new home, a Palmetto salvage yard gets ...