The D.C. plane crash this week highlighted the desperate need for more air traffic controllers across the country. In Polk County, a new control tower operator academy is working towards fixing that ...

Bartow, Fla. (Jan. 22, 2025) – Registration is now open for courting couples wanting to tie the knot for free on the most romantic day of the year. On Valentine’s Day at noon, Clerk & Comptroller ...

The event was originally planned to be held outside on the Courthouse Plaza, but weather concerns moved operations indoors. For leaders like Mark Haim, the director of Mid-Mo Peaceworks ...

Day celebration was held Monday at the Luez Theatre in Bolivar. The keynote speaker was Rev. Johnteris Tate from Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Local pastor Ernest Polk of St.

The Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office is hosting a passport application event on Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at two branch offices — 930 E. Parker St. in Lakeland and 200 ...

The Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office is hosting a passport application event on Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at two branch offices — 930 E. Parker St. in Lakeland and 200 Government ...

The reigning Miss Polk County over holidays earned another crown, Miss Elite Christmas. “I was told in high school that I could never do it. Yet, here I am,” JoAnn said. “It's nice to show them that ...

The next morning, L.A. County’s courts tried to conduct business as usual even as destructive fires burned from the Pacific Palisades to the San Gabriel Mountains. Attorneys in the Pasadena ...

BOLIVAR, Mo. (KY3) - A storage unit in Bolivar caught fire Wednesday morning in Bolivar. The Bolivar City Fire Department responded to a commercial structure fire at around 5 a.m. Wednesday near ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke in Winter Haven on Wednesday morning about illegal immigration at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The governor was joined by Polk Sheriff ...

Polk County Public Schools improved its graduation rate by nearly four percentage points last year, but the district remains in the state’s bottom 10. The Florida Department of Education this ...