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

Polk County Sheriff's Office photo A woman overheard screaming during a 911 call was rescued when a deputy confronted and ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Republicans Scott Franklin, Daniel Webster and Laurel Lee, and Democrat Darren Soto had little trouble keeping their seats.

On Friday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office shared the images in a post ... calling his arrest disappointing but necessary.

“I've chosen to call Polk County home.” She grew up in Highlands County but when she moved to Polk, she served on boards at ...

After more than a year, Polk County Public Schools received approval for its sex education programs from the Florida ...