President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run Health and Human Services has said he wants to end the practice. And Winter Haven ...

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Ongoing odor problems that are ruining the quality of life for Absecon residents and others must be fixed, even if it means dissolving the Atlantic County Utilities ...

Florida’s Surgeon General spoke on Winter Haven’s community water systems, a week after the City Commission voted to remove ...

Polk State College is expanding its presence to the northeast part of the county, helping increase the pipeline of medical professionals.

Eight Polk County high school football teams have made their way to the FHSAA playoffs, where they kick off postseason play ...

Since 1976, the Silver Garland program has rewarded students for their volunteer service to the Polk County community. Originally started by The Ledger, Visit Central Florida took up the cause ...

The minister also asked the states to identify and list its power utilities in the country's stock exchange to meet increasing investment demand in the power sector as well as improve the ...

Profits for utility companies range widely from country to country and region to region. In part, due to barriers to entry and other legislative restrictions on competition, both laterally and ...

CBS New York is tracking the results in each New York county, and you can see how your area voted below. In New York, Trump trailed Harris by more than 900,000 votes – a smaller margin of ...

Incumbents have kept a firm grip on the U.S. Congressional districts in Polk County this election cycle. More than 60% of Polk voters cast ballots in the General Election, which included four ...

In District 1, Jeannine Polk won against incumbent Donna Peterman, winning 59.53% of the vote. In District 2, Greg Julian won against incumbent and Vice Mayor Bill Dryburgh with 52.11% of the vote.

Republican candidates, three of them incumbents, easily won Tuesday’s five elections for seats in the Florida Legislature in districts that contain parts of Polk County. The results continue a ...