Fourteen schools run by the district improved their grades in 2024-25, including five that improved from a D to a C. None of ...

Graduation rates in Polk County increased from 78% to 83%, according to state data.

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.

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.

Osceola County is tackling its persistent traffic issues with a series of road improvement projects, aiming to accommodate a ...

The hearing within the 1st District Court of Appeal came after a Leon County judge ruled that Florida’s redistricting plan under Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped the state constitution.

Fisher then was a Brevard County commissioner, representing a North Brevard district that includes Titusville — once known as "Space City USA" and "Miracle City," in nods to the space program ...

There’s something magical about that moment when you’re standing in a sea of treasures, holding some peculiar trinket you never knew existed, yet suddenly can’t imagine living without. That’s the ...

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

Multi-Agency Operations Seize 64 Pounds, 160,000 Pills of Deadly Drug, Crippling Cartel Operations POLK COUNTY, Fla. - In a victory against the deadly tide of fentanyl, the Polk County Sheriff's ...

Explore the ar­chi­tecture of the Polk County His­torical Museum BY Caitlin Wilson Polk County UPDATED 7:42 AM ET May. 25, 2023 ...