Republican candidates, three of them incumbents, easily won Tuesday’s five elections for seats in the Florida Legislature in districts that contain parts of Polk County. The results continue a ...

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

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 ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

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

On Thursday morning, the well-known sheriff held a press conference regarding former Bartow (Florida) head football coach Tyler Eden, who was arrested on three charges of lewd offense against a ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd holds press conference on former Bartow (Florida) head football coach / Courtesy of Polk County Sheriffs Office For the last 37 years, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd ...

The City of Bartow and Polk County leaders have come up with a plan to build and share a joint fire station.

A 23-year-old in Central Florida is accused of shooting his parents, killing his father after the victim allegedly asked his son to get a job.

Bartow police officers and Polk Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the shooting of a Polk County couple during the weekend, allegedly by their son.

23-year-old arrested for shooting parents in Bartow, fleeing to Orlando The 23-year-old fatally shot his father and critically injured his mother over the weekend in Polk County, deputies say.