Amber HIll, 36 of Fort Meade died in a head-on collision with a semi truck May 27 near Mulberry, the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

In an annual camp that embarked in 2017, Lake Gibson's Malachi Moore and Lakeland's Jasper Hebel earn MVPs in The Main Event ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two animal rights bills on May 28, including one named after a pooch who came to Tallahassee.

Haven affordable housing complex, Jersey Commons, has drawn interest from more than 11,000 applicants as it offers mental ...

In a letter to Lakeland officials, a lawyer demands an end to what he calls "unconstitutional restrictions" at the Downtown Farmers Curb Market.

Michael Strako, 38, died after being thrown from a homemade go-kart struck from behind by a Hyundai Elantra in Bartow, the ...

Lake Wales city commissioners signaled support for annexing 1,202 acres in anticipation of the Stoneridge project. A binding ...

Theodore Enns, 72, was leading a group of motorcyclists when his bike drifted over the center line and collided with another ...

Polk County ranks 57th out of 67 Florida counties in the 2025 Child Well-Being Index. The county showed improvement in seven categories, including children in poverty and teen drug use. Polk ...

A house fire in Lakeland, Florida, is under investigation by authorities. Two people were injured in the fire, with one transported to a hospital with trauma. The fire, which also damaged a nearby ...

Polk County's sheriff said the man had been acting bizarrely at a gas station, then swam through an alligator-laden lake into ...