A video game is leading to real-world consequences for two out-of-state teenagers. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said, on ...

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

Trustees voted 5-1 to approve a new contract for Polk State College President Angela Garcia Falconetti. Only Ashley Bell ...

Polk County students improved their passing rates in 24 of 36 tested categories on the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) exams. While showing improvement in numerous categories, Polk ...

Are fireworks legal in Florida? Yes, well, some are at least. There's a plethora of roadside tents that have popped up across Polk County that are selling fireworks, but first let's take a look at ...

Network-Florida named 16 top Old Florida restaurants, and one of Polk County's oldest made the list. Governors and a vice president have eaten there.

A threat from lawyers for a collective of cattle ranchers is forcing Orange County to consider repealing a slate of popular growth controls, a move that could upend land-use planning in rural ...

Most Florida schools will be starting as soon as they're legally allowed to, but you probably won't see any changed in start times just yet.

Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell takes legal action against Walton County authorities over their alleged failure to protect ...

When the Orlando Sentinel started investigating the payments, the DeSantis administration sent a threatening, unsigned ...

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The call to Skip Simmons, CEO of a mentorship program in Volusia County, came from out of the blue. One evening in December of 2022, he said, someone from the governor’s office phoned and told him to ...