Polk County This Week

 Polk County This Week is a public affairs production of Hall Communications, Inc. 

Polk County This Week is a public affairs production of Hall Communications, Inc.

A look at some of the things going on in and around Polk County, Florida.

Harrison's Holiday Concert. Merry Christmas!!

We speak with Barry Friedman from LkldNow.com about the history of news online in Lakeland. Also, the kids have a new production at Lakeland Community Theatre and also a new kids program leader.

Col Gary Clark recaps Veteran's Month (November) and talks about veterans' affairs. Also, Barry Friedman shares some of his local news coverage.

Mental health help for kids and The Sheriff.

This week, Sheriff Grady Judd tells about a couple of the things happening with Polk Sheriff's Charities and also the story of a driver who made bad decision.

On this week's show, we speak with Dr Bruce Anderson, Political Science professor, Florida Southern College. We get Dr Bruce's take on the outcome of this week's mid-term election in Florida. 

This week we catch up with the mayor of Lakeland, Mayor Bill Mutz, on what's happening in the city.

Sheriff Grady Judd gets us up to speed on what's been happening over the past few weeks with his deputies in ours and in other communities.

Our friends at LkldNow.com hosted a Smart Growth Forum this week. We can only fit a portion of the forum here but you can go to their website to hear it in its entirety. 

Joined this week by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. He talks about what his agency did in response to Hurricane Ian and the tragic death of one of his deputies.

We hosted the founder and editor-in-chief of LkldNow.com, Lakeland's go-to website for local Lakeland info. 

The Salvation Army does a great job helping homeless families with their facility in north Lakeland but they want to do more, so they're expanding! Hear all about it right here.

This week we check in with Artistic Managing Director Alan Reynolds of the Lakeland Community Theatre to hear about their latest production, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change." We also hear fro…

We talked with Barry Friedman of LkldNow.com and the mayor of Lakeland, the Honorable Bill Mutz about the naming rights for the RP Funding Center and the future of popular series at the center like C…

Sheriff Grady Judd and Dr Bruce Anderson talk about the upcoming primary election, among other things.