The Legislature earmarked about $2.3 million to fund 200 new slots in the Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly in Polk County, effective April 1, 2026.

Nineteen Polk County public schools will have new principals for the 2025-2026 school year. Five principal reassignments are a result of retirements. Three high schools, one K-8 school, one ...

Polk County Fire Rescue's union president, Lee Stringer, said the staffing shortages have created longer work hours for current firefighters. This is something the wives of some firefighters are ...

The state budget came in later and leaner than last year. Yet there is plenty of funding for Polk County in the $115.1 billion spending plan adopted by the Florida Legislature late on June 16.

Polk County said the Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve is back open to the public as of June 4. The trail had been closed to visitors after being damaged during Hurricane Milton in ...

Blandin is accused of a Polk County crime spree that includes murder and sexual battery of an 18-year-old. The crimes happened in Fort Meade and Frostproof on October 1.

He cussed the security guard, used a racial slur – that’s right – and then pushed the security guard,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a video statement. Dwayne Ocasio ...

Crow Tow is days away from becoming Polk County's new provider for vehicle impound services, marking the first change in four years after the Board of Supervisors approved the contract yesterday.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office posted a video of Thunder running across a field to Facebook. Deputies recently rescued the two-year-old Paso Fino stallion who, they say, was kept in a small ...

The state budget came in later and leaner than last year. Yet there is plenty of funding for Polk County in the $115.1 billion spending plan adopted by the Florida Legislature late on June 16. The ...

Delta Township and Eaton County reached a tentative agreement to maintain police services for the township. The deal comes after voters rejected a tax increase, leaving the county facing a budget ...