The Polk Education Association needs at least 50% of eligible employees to return ballots or the union will be decertified.

After losing his wealth and family to addiction, Winter Haven native Steve Kalogridis shares his journey to a decade of ...

Jet Skis and Crocodiles: Florida crocodiles are turning jet skis and kayaks into vital habitat, Embracing Paradise Reporter ...

Auburndale football makes a big play in the team camp hosted at Warner University on July 12 in Polk County.

A multivehicle crash has shut down all Interstate 4 westbound traffic just west of Exit 38, State Road 33, in Lakeland. The Florida Department of Transportation announced the closure about 5:30 p.m.

Lakeland city commissioners voted 4-3 to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers and large industrial developments ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man in the parking lot of a Lakeland shopping center the morning of Aug. 3. The incident occurred after an automated license plate reader detected the ...

Lakeland Commissioner Chad McLeod has announced he will not seek a third term. McLeod's current term is set to end in December 2027. He is taking on a new role as the vice president of communications ...

Some experts suspect human interaction may be a factor as great hammerheads are particularly vulnerable to dying after being ...

Polk County teachers’ union risks decertification as membership falls below state thresholds; recertification vote.

Memphis Grizzlies guard Walter Clayton Jr. hosted his first basketball camp at Lake Wales High School. Roy Fuoco. Watch Next ...

Kay Fields, pursuing a seventh term on the Polk County School Board, has a well-funded opponent in Sam Neelam, CEO of a ...