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 ...

The Polk County Republican Executive Committee expressed concern about the impact of the intraparty conflict on voters and upcoming elections. The leader of Polk County’s Republican Party is ...

Velebir faced no opposition last month as local Republicans chose him as chair of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee. Velebir, a Winter Haven resident, received a two-year term.

THE NEW CHAIR OF THE POLK COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAYS TRANSPARENCY WILL BE ONE OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES. MATT MCCOY WAS ELECTED CHAIR OF THE BOARD LATE LAST WEEK. TWO NEW SUPERVISORS ALSO TOOK OFFICE ...

Polk County Administrator John Norris has been placed on administrative leave and says he was asked to resign Friday after a shift in power on the county's Board of Supervisors. Norris ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A former substitute teacher in Polk County was arrested after a high school student alleged they had an inappropriate relationship. Chase Crabb, 23, met the 16-year-old ...

KCCI ASKED HOCKENSMITH FOR AN INTERVIEW. HE SAID NO CO More information has come out after a heated dispute last week between Polk County officials. KCCI confirmed the dispute took place last ...

The long-running fight over Georgia's district lines for Congress and the state legislature could have broader implications ...

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 ...

The case pits a politically connected Georgia railroad against mostly Black property owners, some whose families have ties to their land dating to slavery.

Apple representatives did not respond to a request for comment on whether the company would adopt the Gulf of America name for its Maps application. Google Maps routinely uses different names to ...

After an executive order from President Trump, Google said its popular mapping service will reflect the new name in accordance with its policy. One of President Trump’s more unexpected Day One ...