As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

Is it a mathematical day or a foodie day? If you're not worried about your own circumference and looking for a slice in Polk ...

A woman was bit in the elbow by an alligator on Monday while paddling in the Tiger Creek Canal in Polk County, FWC officials ...

Officials from the Polk Regional Water Cooperative celebrated completion of an injection well at a planned water production ...

“She is in real pain; she is in a lot of pain,” he said. Polk County Fire Rescue personnel and The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded. The man heard a helicopter above ...

The new shopping center, called the Shops at the Grove, sits at Johnson Avenue and Power Line Road, surrounded by new construction.

The national fabric and craft store announced it is closing 500 of its 800 stores. There are two in Polk County. Here's where ...

according to investigators in Florida. It happened Wednesday, March 5, shortly after the man requested a ride home from a ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A high-speed collision between an SUV and a semi-truck near Bartow Thursday evening has left one driver ...

Did you change your clock at 2 a.m. for daylight saving time? For students in nine Florida counties, they'll be on spring ...

The Southwest Florida Water Management District ... a minimal volume while awaiting production from the West Polk project. Polk County sits within two water-use caution areas, as designated ...