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As of Tuesday, April 29, there were 101 wildfires burning across Florida, burning 3,556 acres. Twenty-two counties have ...
The House has passed two tax-cut measures that dissolve tourism councils and redirect the money to property taxes. What will the Senate do?
The Florida Department of Transportation opened congestion relief lanes on I-4 east of U.S. 27 in Polk, creating four travel ...
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to bring much-needed rain to parts of Central Florida Monday ...
Jacksonville: "About 0.5-2" of rain has already fallen in inland SE GA. Showers & storms move south later today. A few strong ...
POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday. Residents will cast ballots in a number of races including city council and commission seats to mayoral ...
Bills moving through the Florida Legislature would, among other things, redirect bed tax money to property tax breaks and ...
A virtual public information meeting will be held April 21 at 6 p.m. An in-person open house will take place April 22 in ...
At a Monday news conference in Osceola County, DeSantis said congestion relief plans along I-4 near Champions Gate and Celebration will be ready eight months earlier than projected. Extra lanes of I-4 ...
With citrus growers fleeing Florida amid disease, hard freezes and increasingly damaging storms fueled by the changing climate, a Polk County farmer chose to swap out his orange trees for a grove ...
PENALTY FOR BOTH MILLS AND WALKER, A BREVARD COUNTY TEACHER LIKELY WON’T BE RETURNING TO SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THE TEACHER ADMITTED TO USING A STUDENT’S PREFERRED NAME ...
A cold front is moving through Florida today, April 11 ... fire danger," the National Weather Service said. On Thursday, Polk County averaged 428 on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index.