COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fairfield County residents and property owners will have an opportunity to view the newly revised digital preliminary flood insurance rate maps for the county and learn how the risk ...

POLK COUNTY, Florida — A Polk County citrus grower just opened Florida’s first U-pick grove grown entirely inside a CUPS structure — a screened system designed to physically block the tiny insects ...

Polk County teachers urged commissioners to approve a tax referendum to address low pay and underfunded schools. The County Commission voted to place a referendum on the 2026 ballot for a property tax ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — After a short-lived dispute that involved some name-calling, Polk County commissioners will vote next week on whether to pass along a millage referendum from the school ...

After years of back and forth, new flood maps with major implications for property owners’ land values, insurance rates and building costs along a watershed stretching from Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park ...

When the rain comes in South Florida, the frantic flooding complaints quickly follow to mayors, commissioners, public works departments, just about whoever will listen: Like this: “How is it possible ...

Shirley Howard’s Chicago neighborhood has flooded three times in the last 30 years. But Howard’s mortgage lender never suggested flood insurance. The government says she doesn’t need it. “That is what ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The director of the Polk County Office of Emergency Management is telling evacuated residents living south of the Carter Lake dam in Camden to prepare to stay away from ...

Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to contribute. Log in above or subscribe here. Conversations are opinions of our readers and are subject to the ...

Drivers in Polk County can reinstate their licenses without additional outside collection agency fee applied to outstanding court fines. The fines are being waived for one week only, but customers ...

What a day it was at The Florida Bandmasters Association District 12 festival on Saturday at Denison Stadium in Winter Haven. Sixteen Polk County high schools performed their art in an eventful day ...