The tentative Polk County budget for 2024-25 is expected to pass Monday after a final public hearing. Here's why many will be ...

Lake Wales commissioners allotted $138,000 to fix drainage and road surface problems that arose during the reconfiguring of ...

Every few months, we host a series of sit-down-and-watch-it parties for majors, minors, hangers-on, significant others and ...

Another bad loss for Florida football, and a significant step toward end of the Billy Napier era as boosters are willing to ...

This week's featured SPCA pets include the inseparable Dixie and Matuto, the little panther Dutch, the zoomie bulldog Ned, ...

The average fuel price in state has fallen about 15 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state ...

The city will vote Monday on whether to negotiate with a Bartow firm to redesign South Florida Avenue. But an agreement with ...

Former City Commissioner Danny Krueger delivered 2,500 copies of “Patriot’s Handbook of American Liberty” to the Lake Wales ...

Edgewater travels to Jones in a marquee Central Florida matchup that boasts Power Four talent in multiple position groups on ...

The oldest rivalry in Polk County is Lakeland High School and Winter Haven High School, a rivalry that goes back to the 1920s ...

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

Polk County Fire Chief Hezedean Smith has resigned days after a report said the agency suffered from a "toxic" work ...