Unfortunately, the job shed numbers as of July 2023 reflect much lower annual household incomes with the Polk County median at $60,901, which is much less than Hillsborough and Orange counties at ...

The 2025 report ranked Polk County 60th among the state’s 67 counties for education — down from 56th last year and 57th a ...

Fourteen Florida counties were under a freeze warning Thursday morning, ... Florida. While Polk County won't expect freezing temperatures, ... Friday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

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

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

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a burn ban, joining most of the rest of Central Florida. The ban includes campfires, bonfires, yard and trash fires, construction debris, unpermitted ...

Construction work will ramp up along Interstate 4 in Polk and Osceola counties to add more lanes and reduce congestion, according to a press release from the Florida Department of Transportation.

Florida is the third most populous state in the U.S., after California and Texas. As of April 1, the Sunshine State had a population of 23 million, growing by between 350,000 and 375,000 residents ...

On Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) opened an extra lane on I-4 in each direction from World Drive in Osceola County to U.S. 27 in Polk County Recommended Videos ...