Edgardo Acevedo Cancela and his ex-wife filed a civil lawsuit against Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County after a judge ...

"It’s a day when I reflect upon what made my own service so meaningful, because truthfully, I received so much more than I ...

George Jenkins paced two more runners in the top 15 to finish regional runner-up. Sam Otero ran 16:08.40 to finish seventh, ...

Lakeland, and Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, were picked to chair committees in the Florida House for the 2025 session.

It's Week 12 of the Polk County high school football season. Here are highlights from Wednesday and Thursday night’s action ...

A 20-foot-deep sinkhole appeared in the front yard of a Royal Crest Drive home in Highland City on Thursday near the same ...

A young child died Thursday afternoon in a fiery single-car accident near Lake Parker in Lakeland. The Polk County Sheriff's ...

Lakeland is the only No. 1 seed, and Fort Meade advanced in a new Rural B tournament called the Florida Invitational Tournament.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

The Polk County Commission approved the purchase two years after local voters revived a land-conservation program whose ...

Instead of honking horns in traffic jams, the public can sound off in person twice in November at the County Administration ...

If we are ever to return to cooperative policymaking, then an olive branch has to emerge. Democrats are in a very strong position to do this now.