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

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

Residents and county officials are at odds over plans to accommodate growth by widening Thompson Nursery Road and adding bike lanes.

Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ecosystems. Can smart planning keep native plants growing when the population ...

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 ...

There will be some traffic impacts in Polk County as helicopter work continues to install equipment along a new Duke Energy transmission line.

Polk County Deputy Administrator Sarah Boese has filed a lawsuit against three elected supervisors, alleging sexual harassment, retaliation and a hostile work environment.

Local business owner Johnny Carter is taking extra precautions to prevent fires near his restaurant, including fire safety measures during outdoor cooking.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise revealed two revised corridors for the Central Polk Parkway East moving farther north of Lake Wales, but still bisecting family farms.

Of particular concern to the county is truck traffic at an Amazon facility on Deen Still Road. Trucks frequently line up out onto the road, blocking traffic.

As of Monday morning, officials said three wildfires in Polk County near Hendersonville had burned over 5,200 acres.

Polk County Government officials have issued an evacuation order at Green River Cove Road address from 1091-1528 and all of Lady Slipper Trail - saying residents need to evacuate immediately.