Polk State College will host U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the Republican candidate for governor, for a Constitution Day event on ...

The Polk County School Board voted to retain two challenged books, “Thirteen Reasons Why” and “Check & Mate,” after a series ...

Grace City Church will hold an official grand opening Aug. 30 to celebrate its 74,000-square-foot building west of U.S. 98 in ...

Polk County Public Schools is considering changes to how valedictorians and salutatorians are selected. Here's what they're ...

Luke Martindale opened the season with three touchdowns for George Jenkins, and he's looking for more as the Eagles face ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Curtis W. Beasley, who was convicted of a 1995 murder. Beasley was sentenced to ...

Health authorities say concentrated forms of a drug known as kratom, legally sold in smoke shops, are causing harm in Polk ...

Here's what we know about who attended the "Love Island USA" Season 8 reunion, when it will drop on Peacock and how to watch ...

USA TODAY Florida Network reporters Jon Santucci and Nick Wilson debate some of the top games heading into Week 2 of the ...

How Lake Region football star Jayden McCutchen became the team's biggest playmaker, regardless of where lines up on the field ...

…it’s worth considering the outside chance that 96L might re-organize later next week, a possibility if it can pass through ...

A 74-year-old Winter Haven woman has been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child in the March 31 death of her ...