The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help to identify the suspects in a theft and trespass incident that ...

In a presentation to Lakeland city commissioners, city officials reported nine people die and 44 people are injured every day ...

Long before the battle over the charter system led to the antitrust lawsuit now engulfing NASCAR, its executives found ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Polk County man has been arrested on animal fighting charges after sheriff's deputies, responding to an ...

Polk County wasted no time establishing control Friday, scoring in the opening minute en route to a 4-0 non-conference girls ...

Three days after suffering a 15-run loss at R-S Central, Polk County’s softball team delivered a much-improved performance ...

Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties and the agricultural Midwest, ...

The big story: More than half of Florida’s school districts are on spring break this week, including all of them in the Tampa ...

Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well as for the agricultural ...

FWC officials will share the draft of a Land Management Plan for Creek Ranch Wildlife Management Area in eastern Polk County ...

Governments across Indian River County are planning for the future, but readers have questions about two issues in the city ...