Florida’s motor vehicle system is crashing, and Polk County Tax Collector Joe G. Tedder says the outages are causing delays.

Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales has chosen Miles Arnott as its next leader, hiring only its sixth director in 97 years.

More than 50 residents turned out to urge city officials to ask tough questions about water and power needs and other impacts ...

A Bartow man died May 31 in a crash on an all-terrain vehicle near Lake Wales, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported. PCSO deputies and members of Polk County Fire Rescue were dispatched at 2:34 a ...

Gibran Trevino Hernandez, 33, of Auburndale died early May 31 after his vehicle struck a tree on Thornhill Road near Sugar ...

Students walk across the A painted in the center of the field as friends and family watch from the stands during Commencement Exercises for Auburndale High School at Bruce Canova Stadium in Auburndale ...

The Lake Wales Community Redevelopment Agency’s Board will vote June 2 on an interim agreement with the company picked to ...

A 36-year-old Frostproof man lost control of his Toyota Corolla while driving south on U.S. 27 just north of the U.S. 98 ...

Iowa boasts open races for governor and U.S. Senate, and it will see two U.S. House races heavily targeted as Democratic ...

Ousley is once again the Coach of the Year for a third time, as she has led the best team in the county once more to another ...

R. Bruce Anderson is Professor of American and Comparative Politics, the Dr. Sarah D. and L. Kirk McKay Jr. Endowed Chair in ...

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