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

It's the same law the Supreme Court cited in 2021 when it allowed the Polk County assessor to withhold the names of property owners who'd asked to be excluded from searches by name in a county ...

Plans to build a five-story, mixed-use building on a parking lot across from City Hall are dead after failure to agree on land price.

The new location takes over the Rack Billiards Club, which the company purchased last year for $1.8 million, according to the Polk County Assessor's Office.

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 goal of the project is to restore the building, last renovated in 1989, according to the Polk County Assessor’s website, to how it looked in the 1950s, she said. “That’s believed to be the most ...

After two months on administrative leave, Polk County Administrator John Norris is set to receive more than $500,000 in ...

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 ...