Like Punxsutawney Phil, Polk County Paula will search for her shadow Feb. 2 and predict if more cold weather is on the way.

Polk County health officials say they've seen a "significant increase" in schools with at least 10% of their student body ...

Legoland Florida Resort in Polk County is laying off 234 employees. The theme park and resort reported the job cuts in a ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...

A head-on crash near Winter Haven killed a man and left another with serious injuries, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

BS Ranch, a source of odor complaints for years, no longer has required permits to operate the soil manufacturing facility, ...

A rumor has been floating around that ICE agents swept up multiple people at the courthouse Thursday. The Polk County sheriff ...

Crews are renovating the building at 1900 Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines to make way for Global Neighbors, a resource hub for ...

The median home in Polk County listed for $343,147 in December, slightly up from the previous month's $343,000, an analysis ...

Two puppies and several baggies of marijuana pictured and labeled with classic movie titles were seized during a traffic stop in Lakeland on Sunday morning.

The Polk County Health Department is warning of a surge in school illnesses. The department says 14 county schools are seeing ...

"We are seeing a marked uptick in illness among students and staff in schools across Polk County," said Juliann Van Liew, ...