This fall, most Florida high school sports will begin an eight-team tournament of the state's top-rated teams. Here's how the ...

People all across Florida, including many in Polk County got a feel of a 6.1-magnitude quake in the ocean near Cuba.

The developer of a planned data center in Fort Meade says the facility will use a closed-loop cooling system requiring only 50,000 gallons of water daily. An academic expert on industrial cooling ...

Dean Boring, a former Lakeland commissioner and businessman, died at the age of 77. He was the owner and president of Boring Business Systems, a 102-year-old family technology firm. Boring served for ...

Twanna Dewdney was a rebellious teen, once arrested for fighting. Now she's a business owner, minister and passionate ...

Invasive spectacled caimans are spreading in Florida's Everglades. Researchers need your help to track the species.

As rooftops flourish, Polk County will gain a second Publix grocery store in the month of June. This time in Davenport. In a ...

Nearly 20 public schools in Polk County will have new principals in the fall. The moves result from retirements, internal ...

The motorcyclist lost control after the bike made contact with the rear of a trailer of a stopped semi-truck, the Polk ...

For all the years he spent in law and on Florida's Supreme Court, Fred Lewis' biggest impact might have been in the classroom ...

Former Florida Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis, a professor at Florida Southern College since 2019, died May 26 at age 78.

The North Lakeland Bojangles will follow another Polk County location that opened in Haines City July 29. At the time, the ...