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

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

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

The Polk County Clerk of Courts office is offering a one-day event to waive collection fees on unpaid court fines. The annual Operation Green Light will take place March 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m ...

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

An appellate court removed Torea Spohr from a case, saying she had displayed bias and ignored its orders and state law, a month before she resigned.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

The Polk County Intensive Supervision Drug Court program has been around since the late 1990s. It helps people who once struggled with addiction.

For the past three years, construction crews and community groups have been working to get the 101-year-old county courthouse ready to reopen.

Circuit Judge Torea Spohr, who took office in 2021, was assigned to one of six felony divisions in the 10th Judicial Circuit, based in Polk County.

Amid concerns of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the U.S., the Polk County Sheriff’s office says ICE arrested one person at the Polk County Courthouse on Thursday.