This week's SPCA pets include a couple of affectionate and playful hounds and two cats -- one young and adventurous, the ...

Four of Polk State College's six trustees rated President Angela Garcia Falconetti as achieving expectations in every measure ...

Florida law permits firework use on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and the Fourth of July. Fireworks can be purchased at roadside tents and retail stores throughout Polk County. The 4th of July is ...

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

Ed Vetter helped establish Polk's first International Baccalaureate program and led it to become one of Florida's ...

Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell cited "a political atmosphere" in explaning her decision not to hold outreach at Pride in ...

The buildings have been "deteriorating for a decade." The plan is to restore their historic facades while modernizing the ...

As Gov. DeSantis rushes "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, into operation, Florida ...

Free speech or disruptive behavior? After a viral confrontation with a conservative social media personality in May, the LDDA ...

For more than 30 years, The Ledger has honored the top scholar-athletes in Polk County and continues that tradition this year ...

It's been a long journey for Bartow and Lake Wales Walter Clayton Jr. But now, Clayton Jr. was drafted by the Utah Jazz.

Haines City junior quarterback Zebrielle Canaday scored the game-winning touchdown against Durant High School to put the ...