The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

Nick Polk spent 17 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons director of football operations, where he was responsible for salary cap ...

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses, which are sickening students and staff. Here's what parents need to know.

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

The announcement that the National Institutes of Health will cap funding for medical research has researchers fearful that their work will be decimated, NPR reports. The move could cost institutions ...

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

Polk County Judge John Flynn was publicly reprimanded for statements made during his 2022 election campaign that suggested a bias towards law enforcement. The Florida Supreme Court upheld a ...

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 ...