The Polk County Sheriff's Office says they have identified the man who stole a hay truck and trailer from a hardware store.

POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — A Polk County man is being charged with second degree murder after a fatal shooting at a local ...

Nearly 60 employees will lose their jobs when a Polk County manufacturing facility closes one department in the coming months ...

Cherokee Rafting started in 1978.  It's a family friendly whitewater rafting company based in Polk County, Tennessee.

One man is dead, and another is charged with murder after an altercation turned deadly in Ocoee early Tuesday morning.

Fourteen schools run by the district improved their grades in 2024-25, including five that improved from a D to a C. None of ...

The median home in Polk County listed for $339,900 in May, slightly up from the previous month's $339,450, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. Compared to May 2024, the median home list ...

The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its Lakeland Academic Center.

Citrus Connection returned over $870,000 in taxpayer funds to Polk County. The savings resulted from reduced routes and staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ridership decreased significantly ...

Polk County's median home was 1,816 square feet, listed at $193 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is down 3% from May 2024.