Fourteen schools run by the district improved their grades in 2024-25, including five that improved from a D to a C. None of ...

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

Winter Haven is the last American Legion baseball program left in Polk County, the local example of a growing trend for the once-popular option for high school summer baseball. Here's how local ...

Pinellas and Sarasota counties earned A’s, while Polk was the only district to improve its grade. Factors used to determine ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

Learn more about Westwood Middle School here - See an overview of the school, get student population data, enrollment information, test scores and more.

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.

Polk County Fire Rescue Battalion Chiefs Ramon Gonzalez and Charles True will be moving up the ranks to deputy chiefs, according to a Polk County news release from July 2.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Polk County's median home was 1,816 square feet, listed at $193 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is down 3% from May 2024.

A 911 call for trespassing at a Denver middle school last week turned into a fatal police shooting in which three officers fired a combined 38 rounds.

Part of the Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve is closed on Monday due to active gator nesting sites.