Polk County is a hot spot for growth, hence why the state is currently considering routes for a future parkway, but there's some concern the highway could impact a wildlife corridor.

The Florida Turnpike Enterprise is exploring plans to build an extension of the Polk Parkway from SR-60 near Lake Wales, possibly disturbing the serenity of Bok Tower Gardens.

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

Polk School Board could decide at its Jan. 28 meeting on a proposal for a new $100 million-plus high school in the Poinciana ...

Lake Bonny saw historic flooding from Hurricane Milton, and the city hopes to find "projects and things to address" to ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A Grand Jury has been called and people have been subpoenaed to appear in Bartow, the seat of Polk County, as an investigation into Monique Worrell’s administration before ...

A New Orleans woman is the last of the known 14 victims killed in a New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street to be identified. LaTasha Polk, 47, lived in the Treme and was described as a hard ...

In what Presiding Officer Ross Butcher called an “ongoing saga,” the Stafford Ferry Conservation Easement came back before the Fergus County commissioners at their meeting on Thursday, Dec. 26.

POLK CITY, Iowa — Polk City will be undergoing a transformation with the help of four projects, according to the mayor. All four projects will be constructed in northern Polk City, close to the ...

Amid heavy snow and slush, newly elected representatives Jill Altringer and Mark Holm were sworn in to the Polk County Board of Supervisors on Thursday morning during the first board meeting of ...

Florida man accused of going on a ‘one-man crime wave’ in Polk County. Justin Brandon had methamphetamine on him when he was arrested, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Brandon has the word ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — A crash involving two motorcycles left a 30-year-old Haines City man with serious head injuries on New Year's Day in Polk County. The crash happened around 1 a.m. in Lake ...