Legislative disbursement changes have diverted $45.7 million from the district, and Trump's freeze on education funds puts ...

The Polk County School Board District 3 race already has three candidates. Incumbent Rick Nolte is on medical leave and has ...

Another local school district is sounding the alarm about a current federal funding freeze that’s keeping almost $400 million ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) said deputies are on the scene of a fatal car crash at Powerline Road and Snell Creek Road.

Lakeland officials gave a greenlight for a new townhouse development in the Kathleen area, immediately adjacent to two ...

Polk County's three Republican U.S. House members voted against a maneuver to amend a bill and add a provision about ...

Although school boards control local schools, Florida’s State Board of Education increasingly has flexed its authority to push district decisions and actions. New education commissioner Anastasios ...

The likely loss of tens of millions of dollars in state and federal funding is putting enormous pressure on the Polk County ...

The Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, the Florida Attorney General’s Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit, the Florida Department of ...

That’s exactly what happens at Pickers Paradise in Lake Hamilton, Florida – a veritable wonderland where yesterday’s forgotten items become today’s must-have treasures. The unassuming exterior of ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Schools face a nearly $21 million cut in funding amid a federal funding freeze. Fiscal ...

Manatee County Schools School Board District 5’s Richard Tatem said due to rapid growth and three to four new schools opening in the coming five years, a total school boundary redraw is needed.