Rep. Melony Bell is leaving the Florida Legislature to challenge Lori Edwards, who has served as Polk Supervisor of Elections ...

Early voting for the Nov. 5 General Election begins in Polk County on Monday and continues through Nov. 3, according to a ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says it found 44 dogs and 32 cats during the hurricane last week. It's hoping to reunite ...

Chances for development of a tropical depression have dropped, but Florida can expect windy days and rough surf.

Rep. Jennifer Canady and Bonnie Patterson-James couldn't be more opposite. Many issues are at play, and abortion rights are ...

Out of the 157 people who were arrested, the sheriff explained, 25 were in the US illegally from countries like Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela.

Florida Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, must defeat Democrat Octavio Hernandez of Davenport to earn a fourth term in the ...

The 2020 ballot in Polk County required two pages, the second containing only a few county charter amendments. Some voters ...

On Thursday night, Haines City knocked off rival Ridge Community to take sole position of first place in Class 7A-District 6.

The Freedom Tour, a Polk County-based disaster relief ministry, sent resources to North Carolina and Georgia after Hurricane ...

Florida's Polk County sheriff didn't mince words when it came to his warning criminals not to try and loot his county after ...

Three suspects were charged with traveling to sexually batter juveniles, and four possible human-trafficking victims were ...