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

District 11 covers northern Polk County, including areas north of I-4 from Lakeland to east of U.S. 27, with about 25,800 Polk voters. It includes areas of Lake and Orange counties.

Polk County’s four U.S. House members have received their committee assignments for the 118 th Congress. Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Lakeland, has been assigned to the House Appropriations and ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Florida, condemned the vandalism of a pregnancy center in Winter Haven, calling it a terrorist attack Tuesday. The LifeChoice Pregnancy Center was ...