Ocean vacations remain the safest and most fun family adventures, says a hospitality expert. But with outbreaks of the ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Officials enacted the ban on Tuesday (April 15) after the county's drought scale, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), ...

Unincorporated areas of Polk County, along with other cities within the county, are now under a burn ban as dry conditions create an increased risk of brush fires.

It's a bad year to be brought low on the high seas, with a new Norovirus strain colliding with significant cuts among the ...

In a move that feels like cutting your brakes on the way down a hill, the CDC laid off its entire team from the Vessel ...

The CDC cut employees from its Vessel Sanitation Program this week, even as a cruise ship arrived days ago with another ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) has issued public health advisories following ...

Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place as crews continue working to contain three wildfires in Polk County. Three fires in the western North Carolina county south of Asheville have burned more ...

More than 200 passengers and crew members have been infected with Norovirus onboard a Caribbean cruise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 224 of the 2,538 ...