Lawmakers responded, sending classroom door-locking revisions through both chambers. Last summer, Polk County Sheriff Grady ...

The majority of students in Florida will celebrate the last day of school during the week following Memorial Day.

For his last trick, a Polk County inmate “done Houdini'd his way outta custody in two counties," according to the Polk County deputies searching for him. A Florida woman who was bitten and ...

Palm Beach County School Board members back a "bell-to-bell" cellphone ban for elementary and middle school students.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla — The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) sent a letter to the Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent alleging that they have pornographic books in several high ...

FROSTPROOF, Fla. (WFLA) — Two drivers were killed in a fiery wrong-way crash in Polk County on Thursday night. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the head-on crash happened in the ...

The last day of school in Florida ranges from May 22 to June 5. Students in 16 counties will see the last day of school May 22 or May 23. Students in 44 of the state's 67 counties will see the ...

Florida lawmakers approved legislation that would ban elementary and middle school students from using cellphones during the ...

THIS IS LAKE KISSIMMEE, WHERE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE SAY THAT ... DYKEMA WAS SPOTTED TUESDAY BY A POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S HELICOPTER AND LATER RECOVERED BY FWC OFFICERS. FWC SAYS IT IS THE ...