Fred Hilliard said he heard complaints from Fort Meade residents who expected to vote in the District 3 race but did not find ...

When is the right time to put up Christmas decorations? For the city of Lakeland, it's the beginning of November. Deadlines, ...

The FAA has ordered flight cuts at 40 major airports, including Orlando and Tampa. Lakeland is offering itself an alternative ...

Nine Polk County are in the FHSAA playoffs as the brackets — most of them, at least — were released Thursday afternoon. Class ...

Frostproof's Mason Berry and Savannah Rhodes and George Jenkins Danielle Tamayo are competing in the 50 freestyle disabled ...

The Inspire Awards are Nov. 7 at the RP Funding Center. Here's a look at all 14 nominees for Teacher of the Year and School-Related Employee of the Year.

Seventeen-year-old golfer Gianna Clemente will turn professional and compete for an LPGA tour card. Clemente received a ...

The Judicial Nominating Committee in Polk has not nominated an applicant from the Public Defender’s Office in years. Some ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has the authority to appoint a replacement for Polk County Judge Robert Griffin, who retired on Oct ...

Bartow's Caylee Mitchell was the only girl from Polk County to make it to the state bowling tournament. Here's how she got ...

Hall had an extraordinary finish in the FHSAA Class 3A Regional 2 Girls Tournament at Royal St. Cloud, making it to state. Hall had a -2 70 to finish in third place, even going as far as having a ...

Demographers and urban planners are calling it the 'silver tsunami' — an ever-building wave of older residents. And Florida might not be ready for it.