A new study of America's Biggest Boomtowns by loan marketplace LendingTree found eight of the 10 fastest-growing metro areas ...

District 27 covers southern Polk County, along with Hardee, DeSoto and Charlotte counties and part of Lee County. Gary White can be reached at [email protected] or 863-802-7518.

District 11 covers northern Polk County, including areas north of I-4 from Lakeland to east of U.S. 27, with about 25,800 Polk voters. It includes areas of Lake and Orange counties.

After three straight years with a C grade, Polk County Public Schools improved its grade from to a B in the 2024-25 academic year, according to a report released July 7 by the Florida Department ...

Polk County Public Schools improved its overall grade to a B for the 2024-25 academic year, up from a C for the previous three years.

Polk County Public Schools improved its overall grade to a B for the 2024-25 academic year, up from a C for the previous three years. Fourteen Polk County public schools improved their grades, while ...

USA Today Network-Florida named 16 top Old Florida restaurants, and one of Polk County's oldest made the list. Governors and a vice president have eaten there.

Polk County District 5 Supervisor Angela Connolly listens during a Polk County Board of Supervisors meeting at Polk County Administration Building on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Des Moines.

DeSantis vetoed an allotment of $700,000 for the replacement of Polk County Public Schools’ health clinic in East Polk County. In her request, Tomkow wrote that the district’s current lease ...