Pinellas and Sarasota counties earned A’s, while Polk was the only district to improve its grade. Factors used to determine ...

The death of Council member Gwen Henderson last month triggered a special election, which will take place Sept. 9.

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

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

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 ...

As we approach the 4th of July, there are many communities and local groups that are putting on celebrations across the Tampa ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

Soto requested funding for 15 projects, one of them in Polk County — $4 million for a pedestrian and child safety project in Poinciana. Soto’s district used to cover much of eastern Polk County.

The District 80 race for Florida state rep pits Republican incumbent Adam Botana against Democrat Mitchel Schlayer, both of Bonita Springs, and write-in candidate Patrick Post of Naples.

UP HIS YARD. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA WHO ARE WAITING TO GET THEIR POWER BACK. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A LOOK AT THE CURRENT POWER OUTAGES. THE MOST 110,000 IN VOLUSIA ...

Polk County has entered a legal showdown with Lake Wales over the city’s plans to greatly expand the boundaries of its Community Redevelopment Agency district. The county filed a complaint Sept ...

Travis Keyes and Marcus “M.J.” Wright Jr., both of Haines City, are running for an open seat on the Polk County School Board in District 2.