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

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

Polk County wasted no time establishing control Friday, scoring in the opening minute en route to a 4-0 non-conference girls ...

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

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

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

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

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

To be honest with you, I didn’t like the way things were going,” said newly-appointed Polk County Fire Rescue Chief Shawn ...

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.