Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

Police say he was bitten by an alligator before trying to break into a truck and police car with garden shears.

Polk County’s land development director, said about taking action on the text amendments. SB 180, which recently passed both chambers of the Florida Legislature, is a bill similar to one ...

Polk County Commission delayed a vote on restricting roosters to lots larger than half an acre. The commission wants to reduce setback for chicken coops from 50 feet to 10 feet by June. A pending ...

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a burn ban, joining most of the rest of Central Florida. The ban includes campfires, bonfires, yard and trash fires, construction debris, unpermitted ...

About recorded home sales in Polk County in Florida In February, the number of recorded sales in Polk County dropped by 27.1% since February 2024 — from 1,148 to 837. All residential home sales ...

Read full article: Man with garden shears shot, killed by Florida deputies after being bitten by gator, sheriff says A man armed with a weapon was shot by a Polk County deputy in Lakeland ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday quietly signed into law a measure reversing a 2023 statute that gave school districts three ...

FRANK MORASCO OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NAMED AS INTERIM INSTEAD. THE LAWSUIT, FILED MAY 10TH, NAMES POLK COUNTY AND THREE OF ITS FIVE SUPERVISORS. THEY ARE CHAIRMAN MATT MCCOY AND JILL ...

MONEY, END QUOTE. WELL, ALSO TODAY, POLK COUNTY ATTORNEY KIMBERLY GRAHAM ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL RUN FOR REELECTION NEXT YEAR. GRAHAM SAYS THAT SHE IS PROUD OF EVERYTHING HER OFFICE HAS ...