Polk County health officials say they've seen a "significant increase" in schools with at least 10% of their student body ...

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a missing child alert Monday morning for 6-year-old Empress Moore. Sign up ...

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

A head-on crash near Winter Haven killed a man and left another with serious injuries, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

The Polk County Health Department is warning of a surge in school illnesses. The department says 14 county schools are seeing ...

Two puppies and several baggies of marijuana pictured and labeled with classic movie titles were seized during a traffic stop in Lakeland on Sunday morning.

BS Ranch, a source of odor complaints for years, no longer has required permits to operate the soil manufacturing facility, ...

The median home in Polk County listed for $343,147 in December, slightly up from the previous month's $343,000, an analysis ...

A rumor has been floating around that ICE agents swept up multiple people at the courthouse Thursday. The Polk County sheriff ...

Crews are renovating the building at 1900 Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines to make way for Global Neighbors, a resource hub for ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested a former substitute teacher for committing sexual offenses against a student.

The Polk County Health Department is seeing what they’re calling a significant increase in schools reporting absences due to ...