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

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

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

The environmental group pointed to a 1992 federal rule that barred using phosphogypsum in road projects and to potential cancer risks.

Bartow High School graduate and Florida Gators star Walton Clayton Jr. now knows where he'll live out his dream of playing in the NBA: Utah, after the Jazz made a trade to land him.

An environmental group urged a federal appeals court to toss out a decision by the EPA that would allow using phosphogypsum, ...

Bartow's Tony Bradley made the NBA Finals a couple weeks ago. Find out what was great and what was difficult about the ...

As Chris Fisher and Clay Reedy celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary, they felt anxious about the status of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights.

According to Florida’s Department of Health, Bartow is one of five cities in Polk County that still add fluoride to drinking water, along with Auburndale, Haines City, Lakeland, and Lake Alfred.

Legislation provides developers with property-tax breaks, less restrictive zoning rules for affordable housing, but not everyone likes its provisions.

After a failed motion to fire Fort Meade’s interim city manager, Alis Drumgo, commissioners considered extending his ...

The Fort Meade City Commission voted 3-2 on June 10 not to investigate Interim City Manager Alis Drumgo after complaints from ...