Theses are emergency contact numbers for Polk County, its municipalities, plus electric companies and aid services.

Residents should make sure they are signed up for their cities' and county's local alert system heading into hurricane season ...

Polk County supervisors approved a program that will pay cash to employees who come up with ways to save money within the ...

A reader writes that the construction across Polk County can't possibly pay for itself. Also letters on Avelo, Trump, Biden ...

Both Marion and Polk counties are planning on cutting positions that have been vacant. And Marion County intends to add nearly a dozen jobs.

Polk County Public Schools announced new principals at three high schools, 14 elementary schools, a traditional middle school ...

Circle B Bar Reserve’s Alligator Alley trail reopened Wednesday after being closed due to significant damage sustained during ...

Six dogs in Polk County were found inside a 107-degree home that lacked power and was covered in trash, feces and urine, ...

Polk County commissioners approved $1.57 million for architectural and engineering services for phase 1 of an ...

Wearing purple ribbons on their lapels, dozens of people called out of work or adjusted their plans to attend a Tuesday ...

Two men were arrested Friday in Polk County after deputies discovered six dogs living in deplorable conditions.

Polk County deputies say five people face charges after animals, including a horse that died, were found neglected on a ...