Dundee, Davenport, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lake Wales and Mulberry will hold elections. Here are the candidates for each seat.

Eleven municipalities in Polk County hold elections in April. If you're thinking about running, here's what you need to know.

Freezing temperatures and hazardous wind chills are expected in the Panhandle and North Florida Thursday night. What kind of ...

At an unruly Town Commission meeting, residents shouted their anger about traffic, water, infrastructure and other ails of ...

When individuals are incarcerated, we as a society expect prison custodians will provide adequate medical needs.” ...

The Polk County Commission voted Tuesday to create 75 new Fire Rescue positions to drastically reduce mandatory overtime of its first responders.

Members of Polk's transportation planning board seemed to want to speed up the process for the eastern toll road, but also to ...

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

EXCLUSIVE — During President Donald Trump’s first term in office, he selected Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady ... The sheriff also scrutinized cities under Democratic leadership.

United Way of Central Florida has partnered with the IRS to offer several free tax prep sites across Polk County.

Caving in to fed-up residents saying they are sick of traffic congestion, roadway fatalities, rising water bills and the overall lack of infrastructure, the Lake Hamilton Town Commission recently ...