For more than a decade, the state and county have coveted a high-speed alternative to U.S. 27. Two public meetings are ...

This has been the coldest start to January in a decade for Polk County, the NWS says. Here's what to expect as a historic ...

The high school graduation rate for Polk County Public Schools improved by nearly four percentage points last year, the state ...

There's a chance for rain Monday afternoon or evening as another cold front moves through Florida. Temperatures will get to the low 40s later this week before another warming trend to start the ...

A BIG CHANGE AND THANK YOU. WE NOW KNOW HOW MUCH POLK COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN NORRIS WOULD BE PAID IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DECIDES TO FIRE HIM TONIGHT. KCCI INVESTIGATES NORRIS LATEST ...

As a historic winter storm races across North Florida, Polk County should escape freezing temperatures and snowfall through Saturday. But it hasn't been this frigid in January in a decade. Gov. Ron ...

A 22-year-old man is accused of driving from West Palm Beach to Polk County to sexually batter an underage girl ... where she climbed out of a bedroom window and got in his car. READ: Florida woman ...

With the long-awaited sobering and mental health crisis center open, Polk County officials are turning their attention to its next-door neighbor ― a refugee and immigrant welcome center.

Amid heavy snow and slush, newly elected representatives Jill Altringer and Mark Holm were sworn in to the Polk County Board of Supervisors on Thursday morning during the first board meeting of ...

Most cold weather-related warnings had expired across the U.S., but frigid temperatures remained in place across much of Florida.

LAKE WALES, Fla. — A crash involving two motorcycles left a 30-year-old Haines City man with serious head injuries on New Year's Day in Polk County. The crash happened around 1 a.m. in Lake ...