Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, announced Monday that he had named both Judd and Pinellas County Sheriff ...

There were no state champions but it was still a banner year for Polk County’s girls weightlifters. Three Polk County lifters ...

Lake Wales Alicia Vargas is Polk's best bet to medal twice as she won Traditional and Olympic titles in the 199-pound class ...

Shell’s passion for teaching was sparked as a 14-year-old when he tutored and mentored younger kids at the Boys & Girls Club of Polk County. Shortly after, he founded the nonprofit Positive Leaders of ...

Jason L. Pickles alleges that he did not receive care for a gunshot wound at the South County Jail. The sheriff's office ...

Four years after the process began, the Polk County School Board has taken a decisive step toward the creation of a new high school in the Poinciana area, though its doors will not open before 2028.

The Florida Legislature allocated $16.2 million in 2021 for the renovation of Polk State's Winter Haven Fine Arts Building, which opened in 1978.

WINTER HAVEN — The Winter Haven Fine Arts Building is nearly three times as old as many Polk State College students, and until recently it was showing its 47 years. The 65,000-square-foot ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has been appointed to Florida’s newly established State Immigration Enforcement Council, a ...

When current, former Polk County leaders bring complex legal challenges against one another, how do county attorneys avoid conflicts of interest?

Israel, Sudan, Ukraine and Haiti — has been honored with George Polk awards, one of journalism’s highest honors.

Members of Polk's transportation planning board seemed to want to speed up the process for the eastern toll road, but also to ...