If you live in a declared disaster zone, the IRS automatically grants you an extension to your tax deadline. Last year, that was pretty much the whole state.

The city of Lakeland, and Polk County ... Highlands, Hardee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties before emptying into Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf. But during the flooding event, Lake Parker ...

Moore, LkldNow The city of Lakeland, and Polk County, intend to move ... which travels south through Polk, Hardee, DeSoto and Charlotte counties before emptying into Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf. But ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

Volusia County has seen four storms that dumped over 11 inches of rain in 24 hours. That last happened in the 1920s.

In a social media post Monday, the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies uncovered a “large-scale marijuana grow house” with assistance from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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The first full week of February is Florida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week. Every day this week the CBS 12 StormTrac Team ...

HARDEE COUNTY, Fla. — Thousands of dollars worth of marijuana was discovered and seized after Florida law enforcement busted an illegal grow-house operation. Deputies from Hardee County and ...

HARDEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA)— A Florida grandmother’s jury selection started Monday after she was accused of leaving her grandaughter to die in a hot car. According to court documents ...