The big story: More than half of Florida’s school districts are on spring break this week, including all of them in the Tampa ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Residents of the Solivita community in Poinciana are on alert after a series of vehicle burglaries ...

Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well as for the agricultural ...

FWC officials will share the draft of a Land Management Plan for Creek Ranch Wildlife Management Area in eastern Polk County ...

Governments across Indian River County are planning for the future, but readers have questions about two issues in the city ...

Population growth, hurricanes and a vicious citrus greening disease have left the Florida orange industry reeling.

Bartow, Lake Region, Lake Wales, Auburndale among Polk teams that played in Bartow's annual softball tournament.

The following is a summary of “Continuous quality improvement for prehospital STEMI improved triage rates and achievement of ...

Five years after an official state of emergency was declared, this is the first in a series of Herald articles exploring the ...

Chief political reporter Amanda Rooker sits down for extended interviews with Des Moines mayor Connie Boesen and Polk County ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A dangerous display of reckless driving on Interstate 4 (I-4) ended with the arrest of a 29-year-old ...