The court, dominated by DeSantis appointees, upheld the state's congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over ...

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.

It’s no surprise that Florida is a strange place. But some places in the Sunshine State are stranger than others.

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him.

Both Marion and Polk counties are planning on cutting positions that have been vacant. And Marion County intends to add nearly a dozen jobs.

Wearing purple ribbons on their lapels, dozens of people called out of work or adjusted their plans to attend a Tuesday morning meeting of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners.

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.

Florida Sheriff Grady Judd ready to support the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, but cites lack of detention capacity and calls for federal action.

Polk County deputies killed an apparently drug-addled man who swam through an alligator-infested lake, then charged the officers with garden shears, Sheriff Grady Judd said Monday.