Polk County News

LAKE WALES, FL – A Guatemalan man who authorities say is in the United States illegally was arrested by the…

LAKELAND, FL — A Lake Wales woman was arrested after allegedly misusing the 911 emergency system and was later found…

LAKELAND, FL — Watson Clinic officially celebrated the grand opening of its new Watson Clinic Parkway Medical Center this week…

MULBERRY, FL – Polk County has completed an $8.17 million drainage improvement project in the Imperial Lakes community in Mulberry,…

LAKELAND, FL — Lakeland Electric has submitted its final proposal for a series of electric base rate increases that, if…

LAKELAND, FL — A young man died Monday evening after an experimental aircraft crashed in a remote area near Moore…

DAVENPORT, FL— The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred Saturday…

PLANT CITY, FL – A 44-year-old Bartow man was killed Friday evening after a crash involving a pickup truck and…

LAKELAND, FL – More than $182,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 32 nonprofit organizations across Polk, Highlands, and…

LAKELAND, FL – Lakeland Police have identified the driver found deceased inside a submerged vehicle in a retention pond at…