A shooting at the Lake Wales mud hole injured four people during the weekend, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Vice President JD Vance will visit Lakeland for a Republican rally on Oct. 1, hoping to energize voters for Byron Donalds.

The FDOT will close lanes on State Road 60 in Bartow intermittently for four to six months while a bridge is built for the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Kevin O’Farrell, an executive with Polk State College, to the Commission for ...

The three golfers lead this week's list of nominees for The Ledger's Tremendous 10 poll. Also included among the nominees are ...

Auburndale junior Emma Ketchum was a state medalist in diving and in girls weightlitfing last season and is working toward a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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