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

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.

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 ...

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.

Polk County contributed $500,000 toward the $6.45 million the state agency paid for a conservation easement on the 916-acre G-3 Ranch property.

Beginning Sept. 26, Florida Southern College in Lakeland will host four public shows a week in the planetarium designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Polls in Florida are closer than they ever should have been for November. And a host of hot-button issues are contributing, R. Bruce Anderson writes.

Senior and four-year varsity starter Ajayia Hodges had a good week as she continued to play as a 6-rotation outside hitter. She's currently third on the squad in team aces with 23, first in team kills ...

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 ...

Robert Wiggins, once expected to testify against his brother in the 2020 Frostproof triple homicides, will not be called ...

The long-awaited expansion of Bowen Yard is underway in downtown Winter Haven. And a handful of new businesses are set to ...