Elizabeth Hall, Leonie Tavares and Blake Barron won the Hawkins/Crutchfield golf tournament. See how other Polk high school golfers fared.

Fort Meade's mayor submitted a statement in response to a recall petition, rejecting allegations that he used his office for financial gain.

Lakeland commissioners approved a $125,000 settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive use of force by LPD K-9 officers.

Two people died in a nearly head-on collision late Sept. 19 on U.S. 17-92 in Davenport, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Raymond leads this week’s nominees for The Ledger’s Tremendous 10 In last week’s poll, Lakeland quarterback Kelin Hendrix ran away with 82.1 percent of the poll. Bartow quarterback was second with 9.8 ...

Here are nominees for this week's Tremendous 10 poll Lakeland's Charles Calhoun talks about big win over American Heritage Deonte Fields talks about Lakeland's game vs. American Heritage ...

Lakeland officials will consider authorizing more red-light cameras in October, as the city's overall number of citations remain relatively steady from year to year. City commissioners at their Oct. 5 ...

For the first time in 20 years, Swiftmud has updated minimum flows on the Upper Peace River, which could affect future water ...

Florida troopers corral an emu wandering along a busy highway and confirm that no insurance policies were sold during the ...

Among the other top games this week are Kissimmee Osceola at Lake Wales, Lakeland Christian at Sebring and Victory Christian ...

St. Stephens Episocpal’s NAeha Akella, who finished second behind Roy on Saturday, is the only other runner in 1A under 18:40 ...

Fort Meade has rescinded a precautionary boil-water advisory that had been in effect since Sept. 8. The city posted the ...