The sports fee of $400, authorized by a new state law, applies to private school athletes, but not home-school or ...

The number of Polk County entities offering LGBTQ Pride proclamations has dropped from 10 in 2019 to just two this year.

Someone in Delray Beach bought the winning Florida Lotto ticket for Saturday, May 30, 2026, from a Publix in Boca Raton and ...

Retired Lakeland police officers have started a petition asking the city for annual cost‑of‑living increases in their pensions.

An energy technology expert at Villanova University said he knows of no hyperscale data centers that rely entirely on a ...

Polk Pride begins June 13 and runs through June 20, with six events in Lakeland. The centerpiece, Pride in the Park, takes ...

Dean Boring, who evolved his family business through decades of technological change and served on the city commission from ...

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

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

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

An Orange County man died after being struck by a vehicle June 9 as he stood near his stopped pickup truck on the paved shoulder of Interstate 4 in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. At ...

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