Safe Kids, Polk County Public Health and Win-E-Mac school worked together to make life jackets free and available to the ...

The small trophy never lets Aaron Greene forget how and where his journey to leadership began. It sits quietly in his home ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

Polk County Schools officially has a new leader. Todd Murphy was sworn in Friday as the district’s new superintendent during ...

Trustees voted 5-1 to approve a new contract for Polk State College President Angela Garcia Falconetti. Only Ashley Bell ...

The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its Lakeland Academic Center.

LAKELAND, Fla. — After Polk County School Board members decided to eliminate Polk Virtual School, some Polk County families say they’re left scrambling for options for next school year.

Polk County has reported 1,974 cases in the past seven days with a positivity rate of 14.78%, according to the CDC. There have been 94 new hospital admissions in Polk County in the past week.

Polk County Public Schools has so far paid SGR about $33,000 for its services. The district advertised a salary range of $123,260 to $172,502 for the general counsel position.

Polk County School Board, District 4 (nonpartisan) Rebekah Ricks Q. Why are you the candidate most deserving of being elected? A. I am the candidate most deserving of being elected to the Polk County ...

Polk County was among the first public school districts in Florida to implement this strategy, which has saved taxpayer dollars and included a built-in plan for deferred maintenance. Moving forward, ...

The Polk County School Board in October 2022 adopted a policy outlining how the district would respond to challenges of books, including instructional texts, library books and assigned reading.