Bartow Mayor Trish Pfeiffer and Eagle Lake Vice Mayor Cory Coler will retain their seats unopposed in the April 1 municipal elections. Ten other cities in Polk County have seats up for election on ...

People find a lot of peace and tranquility just to be able to look out over the countryside,” said David Price, president of ...

The national fabric and craft store announced it is closing 500 of its 800 stores. There are two in Polk County. Here's where ...

Polk County Elections Supervisor Melony Bell announced on Friday that the Florida Supervisors of Elections will award three $1,200 scholarships to Florida students in 2025. Interested students ...

Johnson Lake Road south of Cedartown is blocked to thru traffic after a portion of the road was washed out by heavy rains ...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - A prescribed burn conducted by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) in Polk County ...

Construction has begun on the Accelerated Start Project which will build two new congestion relief lanes. The lanes will start at U.S. 27 and provide connections to World Drive and 417.

Officials are asking people who live downstream of Saylor Creek to be cautious after about 60,000 gallons of wastewater reached the creek on Sunday.

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store ... The driver also bit the deputy, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a Feb. 8 social media post. It happened around 8:30 a.m. Monday ...

a position expected to be second in the command to Polk. Yelp announces ‘Top 100 Places to Eat’ in U.S. 2025 — and only 2 South Florida restaurants make the cut Yelp announces ‘Top 100 ...

Google Maps began the process of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America after a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump made the name change official.