The Polk County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a fatal deputy-involved shooting after responding to a domestic battery ...

Election Day 2024 is here. Final voting for the general election will take place Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Polk County ...

Lakeland, and Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, were picked to chair committees in the Florida House for the 2025 session.

Jonsson carried a dramatic advantage in campaign funding, reporting more than $350,000 in contributions. Her donors included ...

On Friday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office shared the images in a post ... calling his arrest disappointing but necessary.

Cesar Ramirez of Lakeland said that video clips of the insulting joke appeared on dozens of “Boricua” social media groups ...

Despite a checkered past, Theodore “Pink Tie” Murray, a nonpartisan candidate from Frostproof, represents the first ...

Republicans Scott Franklin, Daniel Webster and Laurel Lee, and Democrat Darren Soto had little trouble keeping their seats.

“I've chosen to call Polk County home.” She grew up in Highlands County but when she moved to Polk, she served on boards at ...

Any eligible Polk County voter may cast a ballot at any early voting location ... in Bartow, or at the Election Operations ...

But for many people across Central Florida, including Polk County, local gas stations are either out of gas, power, or both.

Polk County is coordinating with the Southwest Florida Water Management District to direct water away from Lake Seward in the ...