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 ...

After three straight years with a C grade, Polk County Public Schools improved its grade from to a B in the 2024-25 academic year, according to a report released July 7 by the Florida Department ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — An interim county administrator is taking the role full-time. The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to make Frank Marasco the new county administrator.

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.

Polk County Public Schools improved its overall grade to a B for the 2024-25 academic year, up from a C for the previous three years.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Lakeland Police Department helped to arrest 28 members of the Mongols motorcycle gang linked to a gas station shooting in New Smyrna Beach, authorities said.

USA Today 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.

Mazza was a "kind, dedicated and humble servant to her community," one Republican leader said.

A man threatening to kill his wife and himself was critically wounded by a Polk County sheriff's deputy in Poinciana on June 30, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

On July 1, 2025, detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division, assisted by deputies from the Patrol Division, served a felony arrest warrant in the Southland Plantation area ...

Teens living in New York and Connecticut accused of “swatting” 12-year-old gamer in Florida during online dispute, sheriff says. Two suspects charged.