A Polk County Veterans Service officer will be stationed in the office at the Lakeland VA Clinic four days a week.

A large, slowly-spinning system across the northern Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico could develop into something ...

Twenty-four students have started the school year in Polk County in handcuffs and kicked out of school after making threats, ...

Polk County commissioners lowered the property tax rate, but not enough to offset higher property values for most. Fire and ...

Polk County commissioners voted 3-2 to support a resolution from a conservative group alleging potential fraud in Florida's ...

A fugitive was arrested in Florida late Tuesday night after leading authorities on a multi-county pursuit starting in Polk ...

Athletes from around the country are in Polk County to compete in the Adaptive Waterski Three Event Nationals. The three-day ...

How much of a premier matchup it is will be seen when the two teams meet at 7:30 p.m. at Lakeland's Bryant Stadium. Lakeland ...

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — A Polk County teen has been indicted for first-degree murder and kidnapping as an adult a week after he allegedly stabbed his mother to death in Auburndale, according to new court ...

Rapid, unplanned development leaves county short of utility capacity, contemplating big increases in impact fees and an ...

Micah and Diam were on their way to the hospital around 7 a.m. on Saturday so Diam could give birth to their child, however, ...

Polk County to sell landfill gas to trash haulers, opens leachate treatment facility but ends curbside recycling.