The environmental group pointed to a 1992 federal rule that barred using phosphogypsum in road projects and to potential cancer risks.

A beloved pastor is speaking out after, he says, he experienced racial profiling during a traffic stop in Polk ...

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

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 ...

Legislation provides developers with property-tax breaks, less restrictive zoning rules for affordable housing, but not everyone likes its provisions.

Burke wrote that “local government advocates” had submitted a detailed report on May 30 to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ... the following month in Circuit Court for the 10 th Judicial Circuit. She ...

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

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Friday morning to discuss the arrests of 225 people in an undercover investigation named “Fool Around and Find Out.” ...

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 ...

A high school teacher and head football coach at Bartow High School in Florida allegedly had several inappropriate conversations with female students.

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 ...