Davenport Elementary in Florida, a Classical Revival building, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

For the first time in Polk State College’s history, all three of its collegiate high schools have earned “A” grades from the Florida Department of Education for the 2024–2025 academic year. Polk State ...

Fourteen schools run by the district improved their grades in 2024-25, including five that improved from a D to a C. None of ...

Some people travel for beaches, others for theme parks, but true food enthusiasts know that sometimes the humble mashed potato is reason enough to put miles on the odometer – especially when they’re ...

BY ANITA TODD HAINES CITY – Sharon Ann Cook Gardner spent more than three decades shaping young minds in the Polk County School District, where she earned the admiration of generations of junior and ...

Republicans Scott Franklin, Laurel Lee and Daniel Webster voted for the bill, while Democrat Darren Soto opposed it. The ...

In the heart of Lakeland, Florida, where citrus groves give way to charming neighborhoods, Reececliff Family Diner stands as a testament to the timeless appeal of honest cooking and warm hospitality ...

Records from Polk County Public Schools showed a rise of 69.2% in battery toward staff during the 2024-2025 school year.

Florida lawmakers spent much of the 2025 legislative session at odds with each other, causing several education bills to be delayed until the last scheduled day of session and jammed into two major ...

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

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.