The approved plan includes bike lanes on the main road and simple sidewalks. Residents have clamored for a separated 8- to 10 ...

Two Polk County residents won $1 million each playing the Florida Lottery. The Florida Lottery said Maribel Ortega and Kham ...

Nine bills primarily sponsored by Polk County lawmakers passed in the 2025 session of the Florida Legislature, which remains ...

Polk County was considering changes to its land-use codes, including some that would address flooding and public notice of ...

Polk County’s four members of the U.S. House voted along partisan lines on “One Big Beautiful Act,” the reconciliation ...

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville is warning that, based on current forecasts, records could be set or tied as ...

Polk County Fire Rescue responded to an early morning fire at a Lakeland home on Dawn Heights Drive. The cause of the blaze ...

A multi-agency operation in Polk County resulted in the arrest of 255 individuals allegedly involved in human trafficking, ...

The majority of students in Florida will celebrate the last day of school during the week following Memorial Day.

Read full article: TRAFFIC ALERT: Duke Energy helicopter work to impact areas on I-4, other roads in Polk County. Here’s where There will be some traffic impacts in Polk County as helicopter ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise revealed two revised corridors for the Central Polk Parkway East moving farther north of Lake ...