Polk County

The Lake County Commission considers the pact on Tuesday. It goes before the Polk, Osceola and Orange county commissions later this month.

Gov. Ron DeSantis approved the allocation Wednesday.

Florida is moving forward with plans to buy and retrofit a massive warehouse in Auburndale as a staging area to respond to hurricanes and other emergencies.

Jeremy P. Martin becomes FSC's 18th president, replacing the retiring Anne B. Kerr. He's an experience administrator with a "record of enhancing the student experience and institutional growth."

Patronis said a federal judge’s ruling last month in a battle about wetlands permitting has affected the appraised values of 27,742 acres of agricultural land in Polk, Seminole, Hendry and Collier counties.

More than 29,300 people moved to Polk County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

State officials say there is no outbreak in the region. The cases were made public days after the Florida Department of Health reported its 10th case since mid-February.

The highly contagious disease was reported by someone 20 to 24 years old in Polk. It's unknown if it's connected to a school outbreak in Broward, where a case involving a child under 5 was confirmed.

Under the proposed House bill, voters in three the counties that have 12-year limits on county commissioners - Broward, Lee and Polk - would be asked to approve an eight-year limit in November.

Josh Nixon’s home isn’t a house or even a town, but rather a pair of metal-plated shoes. He found his passion through teaching tap dance and strives to preserve its rich history and cultural identity, which began from a place of oppression.

A mental health service is expanding its operations to Polk and other Central Florida counties to address the growing concern of mental health crises in children.

Some of the concerns include how long surveillance tapes will be kept, and who will have access to them.