In documents provided by the Polk County Property Appraiser’s Office, as of June, two projects were approved for the 2024 tax roll under Live Local Act tax breaks for developments.

Polk County's median home was 1,816 square feet, listed at $193 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is down 3% from May 2024.

Data from the 2025 point-in-time count shows approximately 779 people experiencing homelessness on a single January night in Polk County.

The Polk County Intensive Supervision Drug Court program has been around since the late 1990s. It helps people who once struggled with addiction.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office posted a video of Thunder running across a field to Facebook. Deputies recently rescued the two-year-old Paso Fino stallion who, they say, was kept in a small ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

Florida deputies fatally shot Timothy Shultz after he charged them with garden shears and attempted to grab a gun, following an alligator attack in Polk County.

Polk County's sting operation, with ICE's involvement, arrested 255 individuals, including illegal migrants and notable figures, for various crimes in Florida.

Polk County residents were rejecting a levy to fund operations and repairs at the Polk County Fairgrounds in Rickreall in initial returns of the May 20 election.