Prior to adoption, all pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped, up to date on vaccines and come with a month of flea and ...

Polk County School Board member Rick Nolte, who last attended a meeting on Jan. 28, is on medical leave, the school district ...

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

Lake Wales Police Department officers responded at 4:46 p.m. on June 12 to a report of a stabbing at 108 W. Sessoms Ave.

Daryl Ward, executive director of the Polk Arts & Cultural Alliance, will serve as interim leader of the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art.

U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Tampa, has missed more than a week of votes as she recovers from injuries suffered in a horse-riding accident.

Street Cop Training has been accused of teaching "unconstitutional policing tactics" and glorifying violence, according to ...

USDA blames virus spreading mite for 60% loss of bee colonies, among other stressors. About 80% of food crops in U.S. relies ...

In East Polk, two protests are scheduled. On is at U.S. 27 and Home Run Boulevard in Davenport, across the highway from the entrance to Posner Park. Another is in Poinciana, right on the Polk-Osceola ...

The City of Winter Haven has announced there are lane closures on U.S. 17 near Cypress Gardens Boulevard anticipated to last ...

George Jenkins' Chelsi Williams repeats as girls track and field athlete of the year, and Curtis Williams is the coach of the ...

Lakeland police say it appears the vehicle had the green light and the pedestrian walking sign indicated do not cross.