According to the study released Friday, the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area, which encompasses all of Polk County, ranked fourth in the nation for net in-migration, and first in Florida.

Director and writer Jeffrey Baena, husband of Hollywood actor Aubrey Plaza, was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Jan. 3. He was 47.

Gina was at the center of a sex trafficking case involving a prominent 67-year-old Miami Beach doctor she’d met on Tinder. Gina, then 17, and a friend, who was 16, were discovered by Miami Beach ...

They know protecting those resources comes before personal recreation, and that means working ... At the time, Koshatka was a Sawyer County DNR game warden. He now works in Polk County. “The party did ...

Polk County commissioners voted unanimously to put a levy on the May ballot to fund operations at the fairgrounds and make ...

John Velebir of Winter Haven has previously served as first vice chair and treasurer of the Polk County Republican Executive ...

The plan would raise the fee for warehouses from $539 to $2,192 per 1,000 square feet and from $539 to $1,539 per 1,000 ...

Here are some of the key events in the infighting rending Polk County government, dating from the disputed choice of county administrator.

County Manager Dena Diorio announced Tuesday the promotion of Joanette Freeman to director of HR, effective Jan. 22. And ...

Mecklenburg County promotes Joanette Freeman to HR director and hires Nick Walker as Park and Recreation director, both ...

Community members recently gathered to celebrate a nearly 30-year long career as Tug Deason retired from his position with ...

Chris Pratt wasn't a fan of the mean jokes made about Jerry Gergich on "Parks and Recreation," revealing in Jim O’Heir’s new book that there were a few times where he thought the bit "went too ...