North Port voters have twice voted against referendum question asking for them to loosen their hold on the city's purse strings ...

Officials say 'Alligator Alcatraz' is ready to withstand hurricane season, but tents leaked after one rainstorm ...

The big story: School districts and other organizations that serve children continued to assess the impact of the Trump ...

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

Lawmakers spent much of the 2025 legislative session at odds with each other, causing several education bills to be delayed ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. - Lake Wales High School will be implementing a new safety measure this upcoming school year. A pair of ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

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 ...

Polk County's Walter Clayton Jr. traded to Utah Jazz after first-round NBA Draft selection by Wizards Bartow High School graduate and Florida Gators star Walton Clayton Jr. now knows where he'll live ...

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

A Pasco County charter school student works on a project using an AI model designed for education and schools. AI is gaining traction in schools as they adopt policies governing its appropriate use.

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – What started as a simple “For Sale” sign on a vacant lot ended with a Polk City man facing grand theft charges after a stolen travel trailer was recovered. On June 10th, the Polk ...