POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The assistant principal of a middle school in Polk County was arrested by deputies after they said she behaved inappropriately with a 13-year-old student. The Polk County ...

The ban applies to all of Polk County, including unincorporated Polk County. Residents who do not comply with the ban could be fined up to $500 or imprisoned for up to 60 days. Polk County ...

AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County woman out on probation is back behind bars, but this time for allegedly running over her estranged husband’s new girlfriend. “I knew that they had ...

FORECAST. OKAY. AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN JUST A BIT. WELL, THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS WORKING TO SOLVE YEARS LONG STAFFING ISSUES AT THE POLK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S ...

NOW MORE THAN 10,000 ACRES AND AT 0% CONTAINMENT. MEANWHILE, CREWS ARE SEEING PROGRESS IN POLK COUNTY. STILL, THE FIRES ARE FORCING MANY PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES. THIS ALL COMES AS TODAY MARKS SIX ...

With citrus growers fleeing Florida amid disease, hard freezes and increasingly damaging storms fueled by the changing climate, a Polk County farmer chose to swap out his orange trees for a grove ...

The Polk County School Board may ask voters to approve a property tax increase in November 2026. The tax would generate additional funding for education, including teacher pay raises. The school ...

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished ahead of schedule, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. The project, adding one lane in each ...

Polk County’s Commissioners voted Wednesday morning to grant a solid waste franchise to a company that has proposed building the facility at the former Rickreall Dairy. The county commissioners ...

The following is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Polk County Health Department. Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures ...