A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

Defense lawyers asked a Polk County judge to consider a dismissal Monday in the case of a Lufkin man beaten to death on ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help to identify the suspects in a theft and trespass incident that ...

Two men were arrested over the weekend for firing guns out of a pickup truck, carrying two minors, around Polk County, the ...

Polk County wasted no time establishing control Friday, scoring in the opening minute en route to a 4-0 non-conference girls ...

After two months on administrative leave, Polk County Administrator John Norris is set to receive more than $500,000 in ...

Three days after suffering a 15-run loss at R-S Central, Polk County’s softball team delivered a much-improved performance Friday, though the Wolverines still fell 6-3 in Mountain Foothills 7 ...

Polk County's interim administrator says the county will be able to balance its fiscal year 2026 budget despite facing a $7.2 ...

Minor flooding and downed trees appeared to be the worst of the impact from a line of strong storms that moved through Polk ...

FWC officials will share the draft of a Land Management Plan for Creek Ranch Wildlife Management Area in eastern Polk County ...

As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

Frere, convicted of the brutal stabbing deaths of his ex-girlfriend and another man at a Winter Haven motel in 2020, will ...