LAKELAND — Emma Ketchum’s goal by the time she graduates is to have at least one state gold medal around her neck. She’ll have that chance in three events over two sports, but diving, at the moment, ...

The simplest way to make the playoffs is for a team to win its district games. A team can lose all the other games on its ...

No. 18 Lake Wales (5-1) will have a bye week and next play Oct. 8 at Jones High School (3-1), a team that's ranked No. 23 in ...

Three people died Sept. 24 after the vehicle they were in cross in front of a dump truck west of Lake Wales, the Polk County ...

The driver and passenger of a Honda Accord, a married couple from Winter Haven, died in a three-vehicle crash in Auburndale, ...

The Lake Wales Public Library will host its Adult Book Faire on Oct. 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with local authors scheduled to ...

Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland has revealed the designs for its planned 138,000-square-foot Student Achievement ...

It's time again for one of Lakeland's signature "swansational" events that, honestly, is hard to describe if you haven't seen ...

Who has the best tacos in Polk County? Tough question, especially when there's so many options. In our poll below, we list ...

The prosecution and defense rested in the murder trial of TJ Wiggins. The jury will likely hear closing arguments on Sept. 28 ...

Jurors heard a recording of TJ Wiggins denying involvement in the 2020 Frostproof killings, as ballistics experts testified about bullets.

The 1,366-acre Stoneridge property, which Lake Wales approved for a mixed-use development, is now recommended for Polk's land ...