The approved plan includes bike lanes on the main road and simple sidewalks. Residents have clamored for a separated 8- to 10 ...

Kyle Story, a fourth-generation grower, has seen his family’s land endure storms ... in 2004 in Southwest Florida, but nothing like this has happened in Polk County.” Like many neighboring ...

On Tuesday, Polk County commissioners approved an ordinance, "Polk County Waterway Protection Code," to establish designated ...

Lake Wales City Commissioners will consider an annexation proposal for Stoneridge, a 1,287-acre, mixed-use development, at the May 20 meeting ...

Nine bills primarily sponsored by Polk County lawmakers passed in the 2025 session of the Florida Legislature, which remains ...

Once considered one of Florida's top courses, it's fallen into disrepair. Now the owner wants to put 1,100 more homes in the ...

Polk County was considering changes to its land-use codes, including some that would address flooding and public notice of new developments. A pending state bill could void them.

(AP) — An alligator attacked and killed a woman on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon ... The woman was later recovered from the water and declared dead. Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies ...

County lawyers say they don’t. Without a lawsuit to stop it, the Central Florida Expressway Authority ... the county has no say because CFX will use land only in Osceola.

A 39-year-old man has been convicted of murder in the shooting death of a married couple in Polk County, Florida, prosecutors said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man is accused of fatally shooting a ...