Marcos Cabrera, Bryce Palmer and Claire Scarborough were the top performers, and McKeel had the top boys and girls teams at the Polk County swim meet.

Amendment 3 ensures we pay for growth through longer emergency response times and more traffic congestion, writes a former ...

An open Florida 16th Congressional District seat has attracted three candidates: Sydney Gruters, Kelly Kirschner and Mark Davis.

These are some of the biggest game of night in Week 9 of the 2026 high school football season. To stay up with the scores of ...

U.S. Rep. Scott Franklin's newly redrawn district is now completely within Polk County. But he faces two challengers in his ...

The writings of a Southern Baptist leader recently showed how easily Christian nationalism can emerge, even accidentally, ...

A community event will be held Oct. 26 at The Ritz Theatre to benefit Winter Haven High School students affected by a fatal ...

Lakeland (7-1, 4-0) clinched the district title with the victory as the Dreadnaughts can finish no worse than tied for first ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating what appears to be an attempted murder and suicide on Oct. 16 in Davenport.

Democratic incumbent Darren Soto faces off against GOP challenger Dan Green in Florida's 9th Congressional District, a seat ...

Mosaic is laying off 199 workers on Dec. 8 at its South Fort Meade plant as a global sulfur shortage forces operations to ...

There's light at the end of the tunnel for Lakeland's South Florida Avenue rebuild. But the work will likely take more than ...