There's an extremely rare plant that, in all of Florida, only grows in Polk County, but it's being threatened by a proposed ...

Residents and county officials are at odds over plans to accommodate growth by widening Thompson Nursery Road and adding bike ...

Florida Public Service Commission Gary Clark Nonpartisan September 15, 2017 Florida Public Service Commission Andrew Giles Fay Nonpartisan 2018 Florida Public Service Commission Art Graham Nonpartisan ...

The plan is administered by the Community Health Care section of Polk County's Health and Human Services Division and is funded by the voter-approved, half-cent sales surtax for indigent healthcare in ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office shared a video updating on the condition of Stella, a Great Dane rescued from an animal cruelty situation. The sheriff’s office ...

Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map ... Florida's Turnpike Enterprise has yet to decide which is best ...

Ontario County officials say outdated zoning laws are a major obstacle to solving the region’s housing shortage, particularly for workforce and multi-family housing. A recent editorial from the county ...

Polk County officials have launched a streamlined effort to revise the county’s public nuisance ordinance, with a new work group expected to propose updates to the language around human health hazards ...

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 ...

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map.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

Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot and killed a man who charged deputies with garden shears and tried to grab a gun from a patrol vehicle, all after he was attacked by an ...