Polk County Public Schools announced new principals at three high schools, 14 elementary schools, a traditional middle school ...

Polk County supervisors approved a program that will pay cash to employees who come up with ways to save money within the ...

Residents should make sure they are signed up for their cities' and county's local alert system heading into hurricane season ...

Wearing purple ribbons on their lapels, dozens of people called out of work or adjusted their plans to attend a Tuesday ...

A charter high school is celebrating the graduation of nearly 200 students who've been thrown curveballs and obstacles in ...

Polk County said the Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve is back open to the public after being damaged in Hurricane Milton.

Polk County jailer Khalil Alexander Rembert was arrested for DUI in Dallas, Georgia, and terminated from his position due to ...

On May 30, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested two men on multiple counts of animal neglect after discovering ...

A Haitian man, who deputies say was in the country illegally, is accused of failing to clean up an oil spill in Eagle Lake.

Two men in Polk County have been charged with animal neglect after they left six dogs trapped in a 107-degree home, the ...

Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

Polk County Fire Rescue responded to a fatal recreational vehicle fire Saturday on Combee Road in Lakeland. PCFR crews were ...