This livable town near Jacksonville is one of the best coastal communities in Florida, complete with great shopping and golf, ...

Theses are emergency contact numbers for Polk County, its municipalities, plus electric companies and aid services.

A reader writes that the construction across Polk County can't possibly pay for itself. Also letters on Avelo, Trump, Biden ...

More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in one Midwest city contribute to urban blight — and in some cases have served ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida, on Monday, minutes after surviving an apparent alligator attack. Polk County Sheriff’s ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida, on Monday, minutes after surviving an apparent alligator attack. Polk County Sheriff ...

Polk County deputies shot Timothy Schulz, 42, on Monday morning, according to Sheriff Grady Judd. PCSO says Schulz swam across a lake before deputies arrived, then charged at deputies with garden ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — In a move to improve safety on local lakes, the Polk County Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance repealing and restating the Polk County Waterway Protection Code.

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — In a move to improve safety on local lakes, the Polk County Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance repealing and restating the Polk County Waterway Protection ...