Worries have spiked after President Trump’s executive order saying immigration enforcement could take place in schools, where it had been prevented. A 1990 federal judge’s order prohibits Florida ...

The location’s surrounding orange groves, many of which are no longer in full production, present an opportunity to be converted into King Grass cultivation—one of Blue Biofuels’ key energy crops.

The reprimand before the Florida Supreme Court came as Judge John Flynn has faced motions to disqualify himself from some ...

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

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

Waste haulers in the county would bring garbage and recycling to the proposed facility for sorting and ship it out, likely to ...

Polk County schools are seeing a significant rise in student absences due to illness. Fourteen schools throughout Polk County have reported sick absence rates greater than 10% at least one day so ...

Drivers will start seeing heavy equipment and an increased number of crews along I-4 east of U.S. 27, the Florida Department ...

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 ...

Polk County has accepted a nearly $840,000 settlement agreement from a recently-defunct nonprofit. Why it matters: The ...

The 24-mile Polk Parkway, which now stretches from I-4 near the Polk-Hillsborough County line to I-4 just east of Florida Polytechnic University, opened in 1998. Even as the toll road was being ...