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

Trustee Ashley Bell Barnett accused Polk State President Angela Garcia Falconetti of concealing enrollment numbers and ...

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

Polk County’s four members of the U.S. House voted along partisan lines on “One Big Beautiful Act,” the reconciliation spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump. The measure passed by a 215-214 ...

A man, who Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says has an extensive criminal history, has been charged with five counts of ...

Adarius Taylor — who played for Tampa Bay, Carolina and Cleveland — was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations ...

Adarius Taylor — who played for Tampa Bay, Carolina and Cleveland as well as college ball with Florida Atlantic University — ...

Bartow Police and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) are currently investigating a murder following the “violent death” ...

Melvin Rafael Pardo-Acevedo, 33, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder with a firearm. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy performed a traffic stop Wednesday night when a ...

As Florida heads into the warmer months, mosquito control officials are warning of an active season ahead, with the risk of ...