District staff say the insurance plan ended 2024 with enough reserves for 43 days of claims. The district has spent $34 ...

Polk County's teachers union has long advocated for a dedicated property tax to make teacher pay more competitive with neighboring districts.

The fee of $84 an hour paid to the Polk County Sheriff's Office covers the salary of a deputy, plus benefits, capital and ...

Why are the Polk County assessor and others in his office getting big raises at a time when the county is facing a budget shortfall?

In her third year of law school, Monica Pietig worked with the Polk County Attorney's Office to prosecute Brian Scott Cooper for beating and choking his former girlfriend.

A judge has temporarily blocked a Polk County mother from parking her car at the entrance of her subdivision while dropping ...

As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

More than 400 college baseball teams, consisting of 15,000 players from 30 different states, meet up in Polk County every ...

An audience filled the Polk County Commission chambers for the annual meeting with legislators, just days before the session ...

A final tally from last Tuesday’s special election overwhelmingly showed Polk County voters are not for county schools taking ...

Uncertainty is the mood around Lake County schools after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education but local educators are starting to ...

By Jed Blackwell Tory Coile and her family fled Hurricane Helene in September and headed to higher ground. Sign up for our ...