Network-Florida named 16 top Old Florida restaurants, and one of Polk County's oldest made the list. Governors and a vice president have eaten there.

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

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

Republicans Scott Franklin, Laurel Lee and Daniel Webster voted for the bill, while Democrat Darren Soto opposed it. The ...

A program that helps families repair and strengthen their homes after disaster strikes, has just launched in Polk County.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Lakeland Police Department helped to arrest 28 members of the Mongols motorcycle ...

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

An 18-year-old in Florida was arrested by Polk County Sheriff's Department for allegedly threatening to shoot up a McDonald's ...

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 ...

Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, June 30, 2025, from the scene of a deputy- involved ...

A multi-agency drug trafficking investigation led by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area ...