Hope Florida: Odd, unexplained payments raise more questions | Special Report One $10,000 donation was spent to take two kids on a “once in a lifetime” fishing trip to the Florida Keys ...

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

Polk County's Extreme Temperature Plan will be in effect starting at 8 a.m. Monday morning.. Highs will be in the 90s and heat indices are expected to hit triple-digits.Due to the heat, many Polk ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida’s Division of Emergency Management is preparing for the future with a massive expansion of ...

Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday.

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.

Two suspects, ages 14 and 15, have been arrested and are facing multiple felony charges, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 12-year-old Fortnite ...

Citrus, Hernando, Polk and Pasco counties also are under a burn restriction from the Florida Forest Service. Pinellas County does not have a burn ban, but open burning of yard debris is prohibited ...

Who should Florida taxpayers believe about what’s happening at Everglades detention facility? | Editorial ...