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 ...

Vote now on which Polk County high school volleyball had the best week. This poll will end 8 p.m. Sept. 30, 2026.

A married couple from Winter Haven died in a three-vehicle crash in Auburndale the afternoon of Sept. 24. A Ford F350 driven by a 29-year-old Lakeland man was traveling eastbound on K-Ville Avenue ...

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

Green Horizon Land Trust has purchased a 19-acre parcel overlooking Crooked Lake and plans to reestablish the historical ...

Rural King Farm and Home Store is eyeing a possible location in Lakeland. The Illinois-based farm and home retailer filed a conceptual plan with Lakeland on Sept. 21 for a possible new location at ...

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, first responders arrived to find a 44-year-old motorcyclist from Lakeland with serious injuries. He was taken to a local hospital.

Chad Allison, Polk County's land and water natural areas manager, background, and Jenna Lester, environmental specialist, light overgrowth on fire along the Eagle Roost trail at Circle B Bar Reserve ...

There are 11 district games on the schedule for Week 6 of the high school football season. Here are Ledger writer Roy Fuoco's predictions.

Five weeks have been played in the 2026 high school football season, and for many teams, offensive production is spread ...

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital will donate $1 million over five years to the Polk State College ...

A building on Florida Avenue, just south of Main Street in Lakeland was being demolished on Sept. 16, 2026. The building, which was built in 1922, was the original site of The Ledger when it opened as ...