People all across Florida, including many in Polk County got a feel of a 6.1-magnitude quake in the ocean near Cuba.

Bicyclist struck and killed on U.S. 92 in Auburndale; victim unhelmeted, deputies say driver not impaired.

Invasive spectacled caimans are spreading in Florida's Everglades. Researchers need your help to track the species.

Dean Boring, a former Lakeland commissioner and businessman, died at the age of 77. He was the owner and president of Boring Business Systems, a 102-year-old family technology firm. Boring served for ...

Twanna Dewdney overcame a troubled youth, including an arrest, to become a successful business owner and community advocate. An early job opportunity at Comcar Industries, where her boss advocated for ...

Nearly 20 public schools in Polk County will have new principals in the fall. The moves result from retirements, internal ...

As rooftops flourish, Polk County will gain a second Publix grocery store in the month of June. This time in Davenport. In a ...

For all the years he spent in law and on Florida's Supreme Court, Fred Lewis' biggest impact might have been in the classroom ...

Polk County has digitized a book of historic cattle brands from the 1860s to the 1940s, preserving local ranching history.

Former Florida Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis, a professor at Florida Southern College since 2019, died May 26 at age 78.

A 77-year-old Winter Haven woman died in a two-vehicle crash June 2 near Winter Haven, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a Haines City officer made $10,000 in fraudulent charges on his girlfriend's deceased ...