Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Womble, Emergency Management Director, at the Polk County Emergency Operations Center in Winter Haven on March 8, 2018. SCOTT ...

The map created by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office brings District 16 into Polk while moving the districts of Laurel Lee and Daniel ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – People hoping for a congressional district representing all of Polk County only had a short-lived victory. Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed that map drawn by the legislature. The new ...

Polk County would sit within a single, newly created congressional district under proposed plans released Wednesday afternoon by a Florida Senate committee. The Redistricting Committee revealed four ...

Polk County’s six Florida legislators joined most of their fellow Republicans in approving the mid-decade revision of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With hurricane season beginning in just nine days, Polk County Emergency Management officials urge residents to have an evacuation plan in place ahead of a potential storm. Those ...