Polk County is launching a program to help low-income seniors stay in their homes by providing free home repairs.

The fee for construction and demolition debris will rise 26%. For yard waste, it's 66%. Fees will rise 5% per year after that ...

Polk County’s four members of the U.S. House voted along partisan lines on “One Big Beautiful Act,” the reconciliation spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump. The measure passed by a 215-214 ...

A 31-year-old Winter Haven man, John Caleb Zelinko, was arrested Wednesday night after leading a Polk County Sheriff's Office ...

A multi-agency operation in Polk County resulted in the arrest of 255 individuals allegedly involved in human trafficking, ...

COLUMBUS - The former partner of Polk County Sheriff Timothy Wright alleges that he assaulted her husband outside her home ...

Polk County Fire Rescue plans to open its new Moore Road Fire Station 25 on May 23 at 8525 Moore Road in Lakeland. The ...

A suspect is in custody after Lakeland Police say a fight escalated into a shooting that killed a 37-year-old man and left an ...

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

Families gathered on a sunny, windy morning to see the opening of a new natural playscape for children at the Chichaqua ...