This week's SPCA pets include a couple of affectionate and playful hounds and two cats -- one young and adventurous, the ...

Florida law permits firework use on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and the Fourth of July. Fireworks can be purchased at roadside tents and retail stores throughout Polk County. The 4th of July is ...

Four of Polk State College's six trustees rated President Angela Garcia Falconetti as achieving expectations in every measure ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

Ed Vetter helped establish Polk's first International Baccalaureate program and led it to become one of Florida's ...

Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell cited "a political atmosphere" in explaning her decision not to hold outreach at Pride in ...

Here’s where the northern lights could be visible this weekend, the last time they were seen in Florida and how to find aurora borealis livestreams.

As Gov. DeSantis rushes "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, into operation, Florida ...

Free speech or disruptive behavior? After a viral confrontation with a conservative social media personality in May, the LDDA ...

It's been a long journey for Bartow and Lake Wales Walter Clayton Jr. But now, Clayton Jr. was drafted by the Utah Jazz.

LAKELAND — The Lakeland Downtown Development Authority has implemented several measures in an attempt to improve security in city's downtown area during the past year.. In June, the LDDA hired ...

Kaitlin Bennett, a conservative social media personality, says Lakeland police and the LDDA violated her free speech rights at the Downtown Farmers Curb Market.