After a month delay, the deadline has arrived for changes to how teenagers get their learner’s permits in Florida.

The law bars elementary and middle school students from using cell phones at school and high school students from using their ...

Legislative disbursement changes have diverted $45.7 million from the district, and Trump's freeze on education funds puts ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland and Polk State College are both in the process of preparing required reports for ...

The Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency has hit Polk County and its 17 municipalities, with a demand to provide ...

Eight people are facing charges in a multi-state, $8.8 million bank fraud and racketeering scheme impacting 235 people, ...

Sheriff Grady Judd and Attorney General James Uthmeier say the scheme targeted 235 people, specifically the elderly.

The Polk County Historical Museum is closed on Sundays, but open the rest of the week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In April 2019, the median home sale price in Polk County was $186,633, according to Zillow. One year later — one month into the pandemic — the median sale price was $199,667.

Polk County, FL — in the heart of the I4 corridor — is an economic engine centered on innovation, technological advances, manufacturing, logistics and more.