A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

Polk County’s track and field athletes delivered several strong performances at Friday’s Swain County High School ...

Three days after suffering a 15-run loss at R-S Central, Polk County’s softball team delivered a much-improved performance ...

After two months on administrative leave, Polk County Administrator John Norris is set to receive more than $500,000 in ...

Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested two men early Sunday morning following a shooting spree from a pickup truck ...

Polk County's interim administrator says the county will be able to balance its fiscal year 2026 budget despite facing a $7.2 ...

FWC officials will share the draft of a Land Management Plan for Creek Ranch Wildlife Management Area in eastern Polk County ...

As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

Frere, convicted of the brutal stabbing deaths of his ex-girlfriend and another man at a Winter Haven motel in 2020, will ...

Strong thunderstorms bring the potential for tornadoes are expected across portions of Florida this weekend and into Monday.

A former substitute teacher at Kathleen Middle School is in legal trouble for what he allegedly did not do inside a classroom ...