This week's featured SPCA pets include two canine cuddlebugs, Cora and Rowdy, and two high-energy, playful cats, Rowdy and ...

Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network will hold an open house Oct. 11 at Tenoroc Public Use Area and Youth Conservation ...

Easton Drive's existing brick surface has experienced repeated washouts during heavy rainfall, undermining the brick ...

Lake Gibson drove from its 21 — actually from its 11 after a 10-yard penalty on first down — to the Bartow 11 on its first drive of the second half. But a penalty, a short gain and two incompletions ...

The 44,234 square-foot store in North Lakeland will be the first in Polk County for Academy Sports + Outdoors.

What a wild set of events for All Saints that led to a high school football win.

The Alligator Alley trail at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland has been reopened to the public. A portion of the trail had ...

There are a lot of interesting high school football games tonight involving Polk County teams that could show how serious a playoff team they are or if they really are going to have an improved season ...

The League of Women Voters of Polk County will hold an event called "Everyone Deserves a Second Chance" on Oct. 7 at The Well ...

Hilary Holley of Polk City is the first Republican filing to run in 2026 for Florida House District 51. Incumbent Josie Tomkow faces term limits.

Including Palmer’s record-setting performance, Wilshire’s boys and girls swim teams combined to set five more school records ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd seeks clarity for state laws on open carry as Florida Legislature starts hearings next week.