Rep. Melony Bell is leaving the Florida Legislature to challenge Lori Edwards, who has served as Polk Supervisor of Elections ...

A familiar face to the Polk County Sheriff's Office was arrested Wednesday evening, October 16th, on multiple fraud charges.

LAKELAND — Seven Polk County teams would make the high school football playoffs according to the most recent FHSAA power ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred late Monday night north of Lakeland.

Duke Energy and TECO still have a small number of outages in Polk County. Lakeland Electric had 5,907 remaining Monday ...

People waited 4.5 hours to get sandbags in Polk County ahead of Hurricane Milton. “I felt like I was in a theme park where ...

Seventy percent of the damage was in the northwestern quadrant of Polk County, he said. Of the properties assessed for damage ...

The distribution center was one of four the Florida National Guard established in Polk County, coordinating with local officials. The others were in Frostproof and North Lakeland. The Frostproof and ...

Three suspects were charged with traveling to sexually batter juveniles, and four possible human-trafficking victims were ...

One person died in Polk County as Hurricane Milton moved through the region, Sheriff Grady Judd confirmed Thursday morning.

In addition to postponed football games having to be rescheduled, the county meets and volleyball district tournaments have ...

The free event in Winter Haven will provide information on micro schools, a new concept in Polk County that combines ...