Polk County Lt. Chad Anderson was shot in the arm before the bullet entered his chest. Deputy Craig Smith was shot 4 times in ...

Two restaurants in Polk County were temporarily closed by inspectors from April 8 to 21, one for roaches, the other for ...

Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland was in Florida this week on a scouting mission for Scott Harris, Detroit's president of ...

Ed Strickler of Haines City learned at age 30 that he had polycystic kidney disease, which causes dark, fluid-filled cysts to ...

Lake Wales is the last Polk County public school to win a state title in 1993, and Santa Fe Catholic, a private school, won ...

Three Polk teams advanced out of regionals on Thursday and will play this week in the 2024 FHSAA Tennis State Championships.

Polk has advanced teams to the final four in all but two years the tournament has been held. That trek begins with this ...

There's a difference between factual guilt and legal guilt, and it seems to hard to believe prosecutors can prove Trump's ...

Lakeland senior Micheal Walker won discus and javelin and finished third in shot put at district track dn field meet.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the man was a "sovereign citizen" whom deputies were questioning about being in the park ...

Former President Donald Trump complained that America's allies in Europe should be shouldering more of the conflict's ...

This week's featured SPCA pets include the loving whirlwind Leia Marie, the jovial Ivery, the affectionate Abigail and the ...