Dundee, Davenport, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lake Wales and Mulberry will hold elections. Here are the ...

Jason L. Pickles alleges that he did not receive care for a gunshot wound at the South County Jail. The sheriff's office calls the lawsuit "frivolous." ...

This is proving to be a busy year for attorneys in the civil division of the Polk County Attorney's Office. Facing new discrimination allegations arising from the attempted ouster in January of ...

Polk County organizations say there are more families with kids who are homeless. Many are on a waiting list for help. K-C-C-I's Kayla James is here with a look at the numbers in Polk County ...

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 ...

In Minnesota, the epicenter of prosecutions for violating drug-free school and park zone laws isn't Minneapolis, but small Polk County. The county contains less than 1 percent of the state's ...

Polk County Schools are shifting to virtual learning while the district deals with a spike in flu and norovirus cases. The county says that more than 10% of the student population at each of its ...

Not all volunteers in Polk County Schools will face an increased application fee, as previously announced. Volunteers who require contact with students out of sight of staff will need a Level 2 ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County jury found a teenager accused of stabbing his mother to death not guilty on all charges on Wednesday. Collin Griffith, 17, was accused of murdering his mother ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Collin Griffith, the 17-year-old accused of stabbing his mother to death last September in Auburndale, has been found not guilty on all counts, a judge ruled Wednesday afternoon.

EXCLUSIVE — When "Goonies" actor Robert Davi was asked about the sequel to the cult 1980s classic, he shared some concerns about whether he was going to get the call to revive his character Jake ...