The growth plan covers unincorporated Polk County, not its cities. At the November meetings, public comments will be included in the update of the plan. Consultant Eric Raasch with Winter Park ...

A large data center campus could be coming to Florida. The News Chief reports that the Fort Meade city commission voted 5-0 at its June 10 meeting to approve land-use and zoning changes for a proposed ...

Publix expands in Polk County with a new Winter Haven store planned for 2026, marking its sixth location in the growing city near Legoland Florida.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given the green light to a pilot project that will use phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of phosphate mining, in road ...

As of the latest March 24 evening update, maps indicated that one fire in Polk County had hopped the Green River. Firefighters from across the nation are responding.

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map.

BARTOW — In a nearly unanimous decision, Polk County commissioners rejected plans to rezone portions of the Imperial Lakes Golf Course for higher densities. On Tuesday, commissioners considered ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Florida Polytechnic University in Polk County celebrated its largest commencement ceremony to date on Sunday, May 4, at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida. Over 330 ...