Polk County ranks 57th out of 67 Florida counties in the 2025 Child Well-Being Index. The county showed improvement in seven categories, including children in poverty and teen drug use.

Fourteen Florida counties were under a freeze warning Thursday ... much of Florida would have in April or May." While Polk County won't expect freezing temperatures, it's expected to drop into ...

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued ... which reflects extreme danger. Brevard County officials on Thursday joined Orange and Seminole counties in implementing recent burn bans.

A cold front moving through Florida is expected to bring locally heavy downpours to the northeast and weaken as it moves south. Red flag warnings have been issued for seven counties, including ...

Polk County officials said they could repeal the ban with conditions deemed safe. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday followed through with his plan to veto a bill that would have repealed F ...

(AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad’s 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties ... any other county in Florida. And in 2023, more people moved to Polk County ...

A cold front is moving through Florida April 11, as drought conditions prompt the NWS to issue red flag warnings for seven counties. Here's Polk's forecast.