A tropical storm watch was issued for Polk County Tuesday morning as Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 is expected to strengthen ...

Polk County commissioners lowered the property tax rate, but not enough to offset higher property values for most. Fire and ...

A tropical depression or storm is likely to form over the next couple of days. Take a look at Polk County's forecast.

The nearly $3 billion Polk County spending plan that passed ... That cut won't be enough to offset rising property values. Still, Florida's Save Our Homes caps the annual increase in homesteaded ...

Equus Capital Partners, a Pennsylvania real estate investment firm, has bought a Lakeland industrial center. The firm paid ...

Polk County Public Schools has seen an alarming increase in students making online threats to either bomb or shoot up a school. In the first 28 days of school there have been 24 students arrested.

Couple welcomes newborn at Polk ... make Florida one of the most interesting places in the world. Read full article: Crews find body of missing 18-year-old kayaker in Polk County lake A search ...

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a St. Pete tower reaches for the sky, Sarasota County looks to conserve, and a ...

Leaders have resumed their messaging to students and parents that making threats, regardless of whether they’re serious, come with major consequences including arrest. Some, including Volusia and ...

A Tampa developer is poised to pave wetlands and build townhomes on the Hillsborough River. Neighbors have fought an uphill battle to stop them.

Lakeland police say there's now an appeal process and orders are only supposed to last a year. But some are still being ...