Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

The sheriff's increase for the year was a little more than 12%, county documents show. In central Florida’s Polk County, which has a similar population to Lee County, longtime Sheriff Grady Judd ...

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) -- Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map. They snuck through a jumble of ...

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

which operated in Polk and Highlands counties. Spohr has no disciplinary history over the past decade, according to The Florida Bar’s website. She is not listed among judges facing discipline ...

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

Polk County’s land development director, said about taking action on the text amendments. SB 180, which recently passed both chambers of the Florida Legislature, is a bill similar to one ...