Frustrated Lake Bonny residents and Lakeland city leaders agreed on one thing Monday: the pump to release water from their neighborhoods is not working efficiently enough.

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Milton, dozens of people living near Lake Bonny in Lakeland are planning to attend a city ...

When Polk County bought the property, the main purpose was for water treatment and slowing the flow into the Peace River. “It ...

Residents of Oakmont Lane near Seward Lake, southeast of Lakeland, said the water has continued rising nearly a week since Hurricane Milton.

Recovery from Milton will be long, but for many communities, Milton was a second wave of destruction after Hurricane Helene ...

Polk public schools will remain closed Monday and Tuesday. Duke Energy says all its Polk electric customers should be ...

It will take at least seven days to restore power to the more than 35,600 Lakeland Electric customers who remained without ...

Milton was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday but remained a major storm and a grave threat as it closed in on ...

Lakeland Electric makes steady progress restoring power. A body is found in floodwaters. And when will Polk County schools ...

Hurricane Milton tore a path through south-central Polk County, including Lake Wales, the crossing point of three hurricanes in 2004.

It was expected to briefly regain hurricane strength before fizzling out to a tropical depression by Sunday as it heads ...

This story was updated to add map locating reported tornadoes ... which includes Lakeland, Winter Haven, and Wesley Chapel.