The map is designed to help residents and tourist evacuees find shelter during an impending storm. Polk County has 47 hurricane shelters, including three for people with special needs.

Nearly 50 protests are planned across Florida July 17, in response to what organizers call "civil and human attacks" by the ...

Dominique says the homebuyer migration has contributed to Polk County becoming the fastest-growing county in Florida. “Sales have started to pick up grately and the demand is here,” She said.

Seven Polk County municipalities will hold elections on April 1, Polk County Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell announced. Candidate qualifying closed in the last slate of municipalities on Feb. 14.

Both Marion and Polk counties are planning on cutting positions that have been vacant. And Marion County intends to add nearly a dozen jobs.

Pasco County and Polk County have also seen 12 percent population increases. Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, the following five counties have seen the largest declines in population: ...

As Hurricane Ian brings dangerous storm surge, high winds and flooding rain to Florida, here's a look at power outages around Lakeland, Polk County.

Track Florida power outages by county in this map. The data is refreshed once every 15 minutes.

As of the latest March 24 evening update, maps indicated that one fire in Polk County had hopped the Green River. Firefighters from across the nation are responding.

Haines City in Polk County, Florida, joins a list of southern communities experiencing a population boom.