As the storm unleashed deadly tornadoes, power outages and flooding en masse, dozens of mothers across the state gave birth under less-than-ideal circumstances.

After a couple weeks of gray skies, Florida political and business leaders are turning their attention to the state’s bright ...

Rep. Melony Bell is leaving the Florida Legislature to challenge Lori Edwards, who has served as Polk Supervisor of Elections ...

The 2020 ballot in Polk County required two pages, the second containing only a few county charter amendments. Some voters ...

A human trafficking sting operation in Florida led to the arrest of 157 suspects, including 25 illegal immigrants and three ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd joins 'The Bottom Line' to give more insight surrounding a major human trafficking sting.

The Freedom Tour, a Polk County-based disaster relief ministry, sent resources to North Carolina and Georgia after Hurricane ...

During a five-day-long undercover human trafficking operation in Florida, authorities arrested 157 suspects, some from ...

A state-run emergency shelter remains open for Polk County residents, even as locally run shelters have ceased operations.

Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp is a Democrat running to represent Florida’s 15th U.S. Congressional District. She ...

Three suspects were charged with traveling to sexually batter juveniles, and four possible human-trafficking victims were ...

Out of the 157 people who were arrested, the sheriff explained, 25 were in the US illegally from countries like Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela.