The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

Polk County Judge John Flynn was publicly reprimanded for statements made during his 2022 election campaign that suggested a bias towards law enforcement. The Florida Supreme Court upheld a ...

Florida supervisors of elections are offering offering $1,200 scholarships to college students, according to Polk Supervisor ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide rate of 90.6%.

Polk County Public Schools improved its graduation rate by nearly four percentage points last year, but the district remains in the state’s bottom 10. The Florida Department of Education this ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla ... or Sergeant Caratsole at the PCSO Training Section at 863-534-7200. This course provides valuable firearm safety training and fulfills the requirements for obtaining a Florida ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

More than 40 Polk County residents attended a hearing Monday night in Dallas and the five residents who testified said they ...

United Way of Central Florida has partnered with the IRS to offer several free tax prep sites across Polk County.

LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern College is proud to announce that Polk County's 2024 Teacher of the Year, Cynara Appling, has been awarded a full scholarship to ...