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

Polk County Public Schools improved ... PCPS is closing the gap with Florida’s statewide graduation rate, and improving at a faster pace. It’s clear that our strategies are working.

A cold front moving through Florida is expected to bring locally ... danger," the National Weather Service said. On Thursday, Polk County averaged 428 on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index.