Republicans Scott Franklin, Laurel Lee and Daniel Webster voted for the bill, while Democrat Darren Soto opposed it. The ...

Man with 27 Arrests Back in Custody POLK COUNTY, Fla. - David Sheridan Pickard, a 50-year-old Bradley resident with a lengthy ...

Romero faces charges of capital first-degree murder; attempted first-degree murder; aggravated assault with a firearm; ...

Nineteen Polk County public schools will have new principals for the 2025-2026 school year. Five principal reassignments are a result of retirements. Three high schools, one K-8 school, one ...

Polk County's population — estimated last year around 850,000 — is expected to top 900,000 in the next five years and one million in the next 15, according to medium-growth modeling by the University ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise considered building an elevated roadway on U.S. Route 27 for the Polk County project in 2018, but concluded it wouldn’t be cost feasible.

Polk County’s population — estimated last year around 850,000 — is expected to top 900,000 in the next five years and one million in the next 15, according to medium-growth modeling by the ...

At a School Board Workshop on May 6, Polk County School Board members reviewed programs that could be scaled back or eliminated in an effort to save money. The Superintendent said Polk Virtual ...

The woman was in the boat in the mouth of Tiger Creek where it meets Lake Kissimmee, roughly 70 miles south of Orlando, when she was attacked just after 4 p.m., the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise has narrowed proposed routes for the Central Polk Parkway East toll road from four to two. The new routes, designated Corridors E and F, now terminate at U.S. 27 in ...

Polk County unveils new data dashboard for arrests, jail inmates ... Updated: 2:53 PM CST Mar 7, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ ... DES MOINES, Iowa — ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says four deputies responded to a heated argument between a couple of Polk County supervisors on Friday around 2 p.m.