POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A 24-year-old woman from Tampa died early Tuesday morning after she was struck by a vehicle while walking ...

The men — Dennis Woods, 70; Clarence Woods, 90; Cris Harding Sr., 42; and Cris Harding Jr., 18 — were found safe Tuesday morning after the U.S. Coast Guard located their boat, which capsized about 26 ...

Plans for a Polk County tollway drew criticism earlier this year from nature lovers who worried the road could knock out an ...

Florida police and the U.S. Coast Guard located four boaters who were reported missing. Clearwater police have confirmed the ...

After a short-lived dispute that involved some name-calling, Polk County commissioners will vote next week on whether to pass ...

Polk County’s three Republican and one Democratic U.S. House member voted for the bill ordering the Justice Department to ...

Republican Dorothea Taylor Bogert withdrew, and Democrat Edwin Perez of Haines City was a late entrant as qualifying ended ...

While details are confidential, Polk County logged its first flesh-eating bacteria case this year, health officials say, as ...

Teachers excoriate Polk Commission for delaying their statutorily-required task of placing the tax referendum on the ballot at the school district's request.

Flying cars are a step closer to reality in Florida, and Polk County is where research is being conducted to bring highways ...

Polk County supporters need to vote for the most surprising football campaign in 2025? Your coach is in here, too.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has reported 454 immigration encounters since Aug. 1, more than any agency in Florida ...