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.

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

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

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

Polk State College got $10 million for the development of its Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for renovations ...

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

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

Multi-Agency Operations Seize 64 Pounds, 160,000 Pills of Deadly Drug, Crippling Cartel Operations POLK COUNTY, Fla. - In a ...

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