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.

That’s something 88-year-old Myrtle Polk knows well. Her son, Philip Polk, knows it, too. He’s been leaning on that very village for the better part of a year — ever since his mother ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Among his proposals, DeSantis calls for an additional $246 million toward teacher pay, as part of a yearslong effort to improve starting salaries above $47,500. District also can use a portion of the ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2016, a 12-year-old named Taylor Cadle reported to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

CROOKSTON, M.N. (Valley News Live) - On February 4, at around 5:15 a.m., a Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy was involved in crash in Crookston at the intersection of 3rd Ave SW and U.S. Hwy 75.