A tropical wave in the Caribbean has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical depression. Meanwhile, Polk County will enjoy ...

Eight Polk County high school football teams have made the playoffs. Which teams have the best chance to escape out of ...

A woman overheard screaming during a 911 call was rescued when a deputy confronted and killed her husband beating her with a ...

Election Day 2024 is here. Final voting for the general election will take place Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Polk County ...

Jonsson carried a dramatic advantage in campaign funding, reporting more than $350,000 in contributions. Her donors included ...

Melony Bell, a Republican, left the Florida Legislature to challenge Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards, a ...

Lakeland, and Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, were picked to chair committees in the Florida House for the 2025 session.

Polk County deputy fatally shot Charles Edwards after he attacked his wife and charged at the deputy with a hammer.

Cynara Appling of Spook Hill Elementary and Ervie Louis of Jewett School of the Arts won top honors at the Polk County Public ...

A comp plan helps guide policy on infrastructure such as sewers and stormwater; recreation and parks; conservation; and ...

Despite a checkered past, Theodore “Pink Tie” Murray, a nonpartisan candidate from Frostproof, represents the first ...

Bob Doyel of Winter Haven ran unsuccessfully for office three times in Polk County after retiring as a judge in 2010.