Four Lakeland police officers have resigned in lieu of termination following the conclusion of an internal investigation, ...

Construction is set to begin on the first phase of an expansion of Interstate 4 in Florida. The project will ... routes for toll road in eastern Polk County The program will yield construction ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

Records show embattled Hot Spring County Sheriff Scott Finkbeiner was jailed Friday afternoon and is being held for the FBI.

Polk County Judge John Flynn was publicly reprimanded for statements made during his 2022 election campaign that suggested a bias towards law enforcement. The Florida Supreme Court upheld a ...

United Way of Central Florida has partnered with the IRS to offer several free tax prep sites across Polk County. Families and individuals who make less than $67,000 are eligible. “These ...

LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern College is proud to announce that Polk County's 2024 Teacher of the Year, Cynara Appling, has been awarded a full scholarship to ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects believed to ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A 22-year-old man from West Palm Beach was arrested on Saturday after deputies said he groomed a teen girl online before traveling to Polk County to "engage in sexual ...

As a historic winter storm races across North Florida, Polk County should escape freezing temperatures and snowfall through Saturday. But it hasn't been this frigid in January in a decade. Gov. Ron ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A Lakeland woman's attempt to evade law enforcement ended with her arrest on multiple charges after a high-speed chase and crash. 38-year-old Tareva Thomas was arrested by the Polk ...