The Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency has hit Polk County and its 17 municipalities, with a demand to provide ...

Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland and Polk State College are both in the process of preparing required reports for ...

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 ...

For this fiscal year, only applicants scoring 95 or higher can expect to receive their full requests for Florida's arts and ...

Today, Polk City is part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area, and Florida Polytechnic University, one of the best engineering schools in America, is located on its southern border.

One person was killed early Friday morning after being involved in a head-on crash with a dump truck in Lake Alfred, ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hope you’re hungry, it’s Burger Week in Polk County. This Friday marks the start of the second annual Burger Week, a celebration of the beloved American dish, which takes ...

The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its ...

A 52-year-old man died Saturday night in a house fire on Jason Lane in Polk City, Polk County Fire Rescue reported. PCFR crews received the initial call at 10:48 p.m., and Squad 7 arrived on scene ...