Steve Milligan is retaining the position of Polk County Treasurer in Tuesday’s initial election returns, leading challenger ...

Lake County Property Appraiser Carey Baker, who ended up having to mount a write-in campaign for reelection, has lost his ...

A second sinkhole formed in front of a Highland City home on Royal Crest Drive. Polk County officials said the sinkhole ...

Putnam County deputies are searching for the girlfriend of a man who was found buried on a rural property in Florida earlier this month after disappearing in September.

The Polk County Commission approved the purchase two years after local voters revived a land-conservation program whose ...

Instead of honking horns in traffic jams, the public can sound off in person twice in November at the County Administration ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A Lakeland man's attempt to deceive a Polk County Sheriff's deputy took a turn for the worse when his ...

Florida has 3 cities among the top 5 biggest hikes since 2019. If you have to ask, you can’t afford it. That old joke about luxury items may also apply to property tax bills, which are going up ...

It is the smallest but most densely populated district in the county. Lindsey is barred from running again because of term ...

One of the campaign stops by the candidates was at Florida Southern College in ... Klymko: She said Polk County property owners are already paying more taxes because of rising property values. “ ...

Several of Polk County’s environmental lands remain closed as the county plans to reopen other sites following Hurricane Milton. Bone Valley ATV Park is scheduled to operate Saturday and Sunday ...