Unfortunately, the job shed numbers as of July 2023 reflect much lower annual household incomes with the Polk County median at $60,901, which is much less than Hillsborough and Orange counties at ...

The 2025 report ranked Polk County 60th among the state’s 67 counties for education — down from 56th last year and 57th a ...

Fourteen Florida counties were under a freeze warning Thursday morning, ... Florida. While Polk County won't expect freezing temperatures, ... Friday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its Lakeland Academic Center.

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a burn ban, joining most of the rest of Central Florida. The ban includes campfires, bonfires, yard and trash fires, construction debris, unpermitted ...

Construction work will ramp up along Interstate 4 in Polk and Osceola counties to add more lanes and reduce congestion, according to a press release from the Florida Department of Transportation.

Florida is the third most populous state in the U.S., after California and Texas. As of April 1, the Sunshine State had a population of 23 million, growing by between 350,000 and 375,000 residents ...

On Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) opened an extra lane on I-4 in each direction from World Drive in Osceola County to U.S. 27 in Polk County Recommended Videos ...

There are about 750 farms in Manatee and 286 farms in Sarasota counties, according to the Florida Farm Bureau. Manatee County ranks near the top of the list of Florida counties with the most ...