BARTOW, Fla. — As we slowly approach the end of Black History Month, the Polk County History Center continues to celebrate with upcoming events. After opening the exhibit "Grandeur & Grace: Portraits ...

Deputies in Polk County have a new way to show their patriotism this year. To mark the United States' upcoming 250th birthday on July 4, Sheriff Grady Judd has introduced a special commemorative badge ...

Glen Keeling could have never guessed the story behind a stone his late grandfather used as a doorstop. The nearly foot-long object is heavy, with a shallow groove on one end, and was among the many ...

KATHLEEN, Fla. — On a Thursday night, during a Polk County spaghetti dinner, Lois Sherrouse Murphy is working the crowd. She is part preservationist, part promoter and current president of the ...

The range of Polk County’s human history has extended now for more than five thousand years and ranks in significance on a par with other and better-recognized regions of Florida. Thanks to the work ...

Kristina Thorwegen pulled 60 books considered high school level from her classroom shelves after an email sent to staff at Lake Alfred Polytech Academy said they could not be kept. Among the books ...

First will be the “Grandeur & Grace” Hat Chat at 11 a.m. The Grandeur & Grace exhibit is a collection of artworks by Polk County artist Ronald Malone. He was inspired to paint women wearing church ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - In Polk County, you can see an early contribution to the Deep East Texas timber industry. It’s the subject of this week’s Mark in Texas History by Mark Scirto. Built in ...

WINTER HAVEN — Lake Wales, Kathleen, Bartow and Haines City — you couldn't talk about Polk County high school basketball from at least the late '80s through into the late 2000s without mentioning at ...