Polk County

Several burn bans are in effect across Central Florida due to high drought conditions, after a wildfire broke out this week near New Smyrna Beach.

After thousands of families lost Medicaid, many families enrolled their children with complex needs in “Florida Healthy Kids,” a state insurance plan that wasn’t meant to cover their complex medical care.

A typical Sunshine Water Services customer would pay nearly 23% more for water and about 16% more for wastewater under the proposed new rates.

Advertisements, social media and in-person visits have been deployed to attract young voters and combat low voter turnout for those ages 18-25.

The Lake County Commission considers the pact on Tuesday. It goes before the Polk, Osceola and Orange county commissions later this month.

It's going to take more than a pandemic to keep people from voting. At least in Polk County, where just under fifteen percent of registered voters went to the polls in six cities. That's about average or a little higher than normal.

A former cow pasture in Polk County is being transformed into a test track. It’s about the same size as the Daytona International Speedway, and it’s designed for high speed testing of toll technology, and self driving cars.

Polk County in Central Florida, is known as an agricultural community. It's also home to Publix, one of the state's largest supermarket chains, which is why another distinction may come as a surprise.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police arrested 95 people during a five-day undercover prostitution operation.

Congressman John Mica told a gathering of municipal leaders from across the region to act now on expanding construction along I-4. Mica’s concerned there won’t be any money left to extend the I-4 overhaul into Volusia and Polk counties.