The Polk County Office of Emergency Management issued the order for the Crystal Lakes subdivision after receiving reports of a road washout on Crystal Lakes West, off of U.S. Highway 190 East.

A massive chunk of Crystal Lakes West, which sits above a culvert, washed away, ... Polk County Pct. 4 Commissioner Jerry Cassity was in the neighborhood early Wednesday morning.

In addition, Polk County is constructing 3,040 feet of sidewalk along Longfellow Boulevard from Main Street to Colonial Avenue in an area northwest of the Crystal Lake project.

Polk County Public Schools has received a one-year extension in its effort to stave off the potential closure of Crystal Lake Elementary School. The Lakeland school is among seven in Polk County ...

Crystal Lake was among 21 schools in Polk County that received federal Unified School Improvement Grant funds in 2021 aimed at bolstering Florida’s lowest-performing 5% of schools.

Polk County has entered a legal showdown with Lake Wales over the city’s plans to greatly expand the boundaries of its Community Redevelopment Agency district. The county filed a complaint Sept ...