Schools are closed today and shelters open across Polk County. The powerful storm dipped in intensity overnight but is ...

Jamie Fitzgerald, who has served in the position since 2007, oversees five county departments including the election office.

Polk County has opened sandbag sites as heavy rain is expected Sunday through Wednesday. Schools are carefully watching to ...

Polk County schools are open Monday, but will shut down Tuesday for three days. Sandbag locations are opening across the ...

Polk County shelters will open Tuesday as Hurricane Milton makes its way to Florida. Do you need a shelter? Here's what to ...

For the second time in three weeks, a hurricane is having an effect on high school sports. Because of the impending threat of ...

On Monday, people waited in line for 4.5 hours at Loyce Harp Park in the south Lakeland/Mulberry area to get sandbags.

Sheriff Grady Judd spoke with FOX 13 News about how Polk County is preparing for impacts from Hurricane Milton.

The hurricane force damaging winds – those strong winds, they’ll knock down trees which will bring down power lines.

Polk County's Emergency Management Operations Center was fully activated on Sunday, Oct. 6. Officials are preparing for ...

Gregory Sillman, from Turtle Lake, was picked up in July after deputies got a report of a swerving vehicle going 30 miles an ...

With less than a month until voters go to the polls in one of the most highly anticipated elections in recent memory, Polk ...