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

The project was revived after a previous plan for an equestrian center in Fort Meade fell through. The Polk County Agricultural Center Complex in Bartow took a giant gallop forward on June 3 when ...

Polk County commissioners approved $1.57 million for architectural and engineering services for phase 1 of an equestrian-themed Agricultural Center in Bartow.

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 ...

BARTOW, Fla. - A 51-year-old Bartow man, Nathan Cagle, found his pleas for leniency ignored on Thursday evening as Polk ...

Rodent droppings forced a popular bar to shut down temporarily in May. See why 18 other Polk County food vendors failed to ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

"I was working at a medical facility, and in my scrubs about one mile away from where I was, I got pulled over,” said Briana Silveira, a former Polk County resident who says she had no idea she ...

The 2025 hurricane season begins June 1st, with Polk County residents still recovering from Hurricane Milton. NOAA predicts 13-19 named storms, 6-10 hurricanes, and 3-5 major hurricanes.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies began searching for Timothy Schulz, 42, just before 6 a.m. after a convenience store clerk reported he was acting erratically. Deputies searched for around ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A man who spray-painted words on his own pickup truck outside the Polk County courthouse was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy when he pulled a toy gun on officers.