Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

A federal judge has rejected President Trump’s attempt to withdraw his lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, the Des Moines ...

On July 1, 2025, detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division, assisted by deputies from the Patrol Division, served a felony arrest warrant in the Southland Plantation area of ...

The county will also gain $700,000 for an electrical upgrade at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow. The budget includes $2 million for the headwaters of the Peace River floodplain protection and ...

A Polk County sheriff's deputy once publicly praised for his record-breaking number of DUI arrests resigned on June 25 after being arrested on charges of taking money from a driver at a traffic stop.

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