As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

The Florida Legislature’s annual session opened March 6 and is scheduled to conclude May 2. The members with districts covering sections of Polk County are ... Tom Leek, R-St. Augustine, has ...

Polk County ranks 57th among 67 in the state for overall child welfare in the Florida 2025 Child Well-Being Index, down from ...

When a Polk ... Florida investigators. It happened around 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, while Duke Energy employees were investigating a theft of electricity in the Lake Wales area, the Polk ...

Now that JAMES UTHMEIER is Florida ... “And Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd will also be part of a new a new State Immigration Enforcement Council.” “Edward Fleming, Andrew Hobbs, Dr ...

For Clay County ... Fleming Island won a share of the Olympic lifting title and Clay's Emma Heck concluded an extraordinary high school career with another state record at the Florida High School ...

the jail back to the street." Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said bed capacity is the "number one" issue for federal immigration authorities. Florida sheriffs are conducting an inventory of ...

The Princess Grace dragline digs into 45 feet of overburden at the Mosaic Co. Four Corners phosphate mine in Bradley, in southern Polk County ... for polluting Florida's waterways, including a 2021 ...