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

The arrest happened just after midnight on Sunday, deputies said. A deputy sheriff reportedly spotted Pereira riding in a car with 57-year-old driver Jose Adorno Pabon. The deputy sheriff pulled them ...

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

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

An illegal immigrant was convicted Friday for his role in a $1.6 million Rolex burglary ring across multiple Florida counties ...

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

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 ...

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 proposed routes for a toll road in eastern Polk County have shifted north. Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise has narrowed the corridors under consideration for the Central Polk Parkway East from ...