A 56-year-old Florida woman died after falling from a tree while picking mangoes. The woman, Lucrecia Cardoza, was found on ...

The final round of July Social Security payments will be sent on Wednesday, July 22. Beneficiaries born between the 21st and ...

Greg Sankey led off SEC Media Days in Tampa on July 20 by calling his conference the "best" in college football.

A low-pressure system in the Gulf of America is expected to become Tropical Storm Bertha. Polk County will see a 50% chance of rain from the storm's outer bands before temperatures rise later in the ...

Lakeland is considering a one-year moratorium on data centers and large industrial developments. The proposed ban would extend to all areas served by Lakeland Electric, including those outside city ...

Sam Romain, chair of the Polk County Republicans, uses a Dr. Seuss-inspired poem to protest a proposed hyperscale data center in Lakeland, Florida.

What a season it was for the Lakeland United. Not only did the organization just add two new investors that should make the ...

Jaguars tight end Brenton Strange secured a major contract extension and is ready to be a big part of the offense in 2026.

Mario Scarpa, the Italian immigrant who brought his authentic fine dining to Polk County in 1976, has died at age 90.

Adding Tom Herman to his Florida State Seminoles football staff is worth a shot for embattled coach Mike Norvell.

Here's the latest on just how wet it will be in Polk County as forecasters watch a possible low-pressure system in the gulf.

LAKELAND — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came to Lakeland to announce a seemingly obscure bureaucratic change with major implications for Florida’s citrus industry.