While overall property values have soared in Polk County, the value of many downtown office buildings have been stagnant for ...

Photo courtesy of Polk County assessor Kathy A. Bolten is a senior staff writer at Business Record. She covers real estate and development, workforce development, education, banking and finance, and ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors will be voting on a resolution to settle with County Administrator John Norris on Tuesday. In early January, Norris was placed on paid administrative leave ...

As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

New Tonight- The Polk County Sheriff's Office is giving the public a whole new look at the county's justice system. Today the Sheriff announced the new Data Analytics Dashboard. It provides the ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says one of two men accused of stealing swans from a mobile home community has been arrested ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved a six-figure payout to a longtime administrator. All five Polk County ...

TPAC and Mayor Freddie O'Connell's administration have hit an impasse over who pays for what infrastructure around a 3.3-acre ...

The Gordon County Tax Assessors Office, 215 N. Wall St., will host “Hot Dogs and Homesteads” Friday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with all property owners encouraged to stop by and sign ...

A motorcyclist died on Monday after Polk County deputies say he crashed into a FedEx truck while trying to pass in a no-passing zone. Governor Ron DeSantis presented a $1.5 million check to the City ...

A bill cosponsored by Rep. Matt Barton, R-Calhoun, that would have shielded from legal liability any entities other than the companies that made PFAS and PFOS chemicals, failed to get a vote in ...

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