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 ...

Republican candidates, three of them incumbents, easily won Tuesday’s five elections for seats in the Florida Legislature in districts that contain parts of Polk County. The results continue a ...

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 ...

Legislative disbursement changes have diverted $45.7 million from the district, and Trump's freeze on education funds puts another $20 million at risk.

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

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

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

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.