Florida's $115.1 billion budget for 2025-2026, passed after a delayed legislative session, includes milions in funding for various Polk County projects.

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 ...

Clayton helped lead Bartow High School to two back-to-back state championships. He played for a few years at Iona University in New York before transferring to the University of Florida.

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

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — A tree caught fire after being struck by lightning in Bartow Monday. It happened around 5:30 p.m., ...

What You Need To Know Two people have died and multiple people were injured after a crash on State Road 60 near Mulberry Tuesday A Bartow High School senior is among those in the hospital Polk ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Polk County Property Appraiser Neil Combee raised concerns about the financial impact of Florida's Live Local Act on property tax revenues.

The deputy was praised in February for making more than 200 DUI arrests last year. Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said all of his traffic stops will be audited.

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.