The sentence follows a January 2026 trial in Polk County where a jury took only an hour to deliberate before returning guilty ...

Kate Wallace, a local business leader and product of Polk County Public Schools, is running for the District 3 seat on the ...

The Florida Freedom to Read Project accuses Polk County Public Schools of permanently removing books from libraries under the guise of "weeding." ...

Local fire officials and Florida’s Forest Service, which responds to fires statewide, say more than three times the fires have ignited this year versus the same period last year.

Polk County high school seniors are honored in the Silver Garland Awards for community service that goes above and beyond.

Under the plans, the Polk General Hospital would be demolished and rebuilt, and more income levels would qualify for Polk's ...

Polk County deputies are seeking information after multiple cows were killed after being shot.The Polk County Sheriff's ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies caught up with a 27-year-old Lakeland man on Friday who had been dodging law enforcement ...

It's been almost a week since the Sheriff asked for help with this case. He says this was a "team building" exercise. If ...

The believed leader of a Florida gang accused of conducting a series of murders, trafficking drugs into prisons and thefts ...

A truck accident on Interstate 4 between ChampionsGate and U.S. 27 in Polk County has locked up westbound traffic.

An end date is in sight for the ongoing construction on a section of Interstate 4 that has faced an “unbelievable” amount of ...