Plans for a toll road in eastern Polk County advanced last week with the release of four potential alignments a state agency is considering. Representatives from Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is an outspoken supporter of Trump, and he regularly warns about what he considers the threats presented by “illegal aliens” and what he calls an open southern ...

With the long-awaited sobering and mental health crisis center open, Polk County officials are turning their attention to its next-door neighbor ― a refugee and immigrant welcome center.

Man arrested in hit-and-run crash that killed 67-year-old woman in November: LPD ...

Residents of a Polk County mobile home community are pleading for the safe return of their two beloved black swans and their eggs. One person is dead after taking their own life in a shooting at ...