Another local school district is sounding the alarm about a current federal funding freeze that’s keeping almost $400 million from flowing to school districts across the State of Florida.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

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

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

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.