Polk County Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid said that he does not expect Crystal Lake Elementary to need another year to achieve a C grade.

Seven Florida counties will be open on Presidents' Day, Feb. 17, with one using the day as a hurricane makeup day.

From dressing up to celebrating birthdays, crowds of people had a great time celebrating Groundhog Day in Des Moines.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Mark Edward Spradley, 57, of Lake Wales, was arrested on Friday, January 31st, by the Polk County Sheriff ...

Worries have spiked after President Trump’s executive order saying immigration enforcement could take place in schools, where it had been prevented. A 1990 federal judge’s order prohibits Florida ...

Polk County is a hot spot for growth, hence why the state is currently considering routes for a future parkway, but there's ...

Schools reporting 10% or more of students out due to illnesses, says Polk County Health Department Patrick Mahomes is facing ...

Chicken Salad Chick, the nation's only fast casual chicken salad restaurant concept, announced today it is once again ...

Marco Rubio would be his choice to serve as the next secretary of state, speculation swirled as to whom Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would appoint to fill the Senate vacancy, assuming that Rubio is ...

A Florida athletics department employee has filed a sexual assault complaint against Gators assistant men's basketball coach Taurean Green amid the school's ongoing probe into alleged misconduct ...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will become ... Moody served as a federal prosecutor and as a Hillsborough County circuit judge for 10 years, first winning the position in 2006 at age ...

So, of course, Florida is going to build one ... with 1,200 tons of phosphogypsum on one of its mining properties in Polk County. The phosphogypsum, a byproduct of manufactured fertilizer ...