The state’s largest teachers’ union, the Florida Education Association (FEA), released its latest count for teacher vacancies ...

Polk County Conservation is fundraising $10 million to improve and expand winter recreation at Sleepy Hollow Sports Park.

One incumbent, two city councilors, a legislative aide and a business owner are the candidates for Polk County Commissioner ...

The governor's office says Reynolds' new property tax plan will save Iowans billions over the next several years. But for the ...

The family of a woman killed in a 2025 Polk County crash has filed a lawsuit accusing the county of negligence for failing to ...

A new plan for pumping water out of the Lake Seward basin has some residents feeling grateful and others feeling underwhelmed ...

Damage to the man-made lake's dam means the water level has been uncontrolled since Tropical Storm Helene hit in 2024.

RIGHT AROUND 80 DEGREES FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DAY. BROOKE. THANK YOU. IN POLK COUNTY, TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD. A 13 YEAR OLD CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER AN ARGUMENT POLICE SAY WAS OVER THE TV. AND IT ENDED IN A ...

Measles has been confirmed in Polk County for the first time since 1996, according to the Polk County Health Department. One case was confirmed in an unvaccinated infant who was too young to be ...

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — Step back to the turn of the 20th century at the Ephraim Baynard Home in Auburndale. Ephraim Baynard came to Polk County with money from his family’s South Carolina rice plantation.

The German shepherd/husky mix puppy Nicole Odell adopted last year from the Polk County Animal Control came home bleeding, vomiting and suffering from a highly contagious infection. “It’s hard for me ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A burn ban has been issued for multiple communities in Polk County. On Tuesday, Polk officials issued burn bans for Auburndale, Bartow, Davenport, Dundee, Fort Meade, Frostproof, ...