Several new wildfires in Florida have sent residents fleeing their homes and closed roadways to traffic. The Sunshine State ...

Unincorporated areas of Polk County, along with the City of Winter Haven, are now under a burn ban as dry conditions create an increased risk of brush fires.

HAVEN, Fla. - The City of Winter Haven has enacted a local burn ban, effective today, April 16, 2025, due to extremely dry ...

As the drought worsens, more Florida counties have issued burn bans.Here's the dry weather outlook and where the fires are burning.

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

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

The Tennessee Army National Guard provided two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter ...

A man faces a list of charges after Polk County deputies say he violently threatened his partner, then set his camper on fire ...

A plane crash in East Tennessee Friday afternoon killed three people, all of whom were related to a Middle Tennessee State ...

The Shining Rock Wilderness and Headwaters State Forest have reopened after heavy rains helped contain recent wildfires, ...

"A red flag warning means warm temperatures, very low humidity, and stronger winds are expected to combine to produce an ...

After mapping out calls for service, the city and the county decided that they needed a fire station in the same area. The ...