The number of Polk County entities offering LGBTQ Pride proclamations has dropped from 10 in 2019 to just two this year.

Retired Lakeland police officers have started a petition asking the city for annual cost‑of‑living increases in their pensions.

Dean Boring, who evolved his family business through decades of technological change and served on the city commission from ...

An energy technology expert at Villanova University said he knows of no hyperscale data centers that rely entirely on a ...

An Orange County man died after being struck by a vehicle June 9 as he stood near his stopped pickup truck on the paved shoulder of Interstate 4 in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. At ...

Polk Pride begins June 13 and runs through June 20, with six events in Lakeland. The centerpiece, Pride in the Park, takes ...

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

Twanna Dewdney was a rebellious teen, once arrested for fighting. Now she's a business owner, minister and passionate ...

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

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

A bicyclist was struck and killed in the early morning hours of June 7 along U.S. 92 in Auburndale. Officers responded to a reported traffic accident about 1:40 a.m. on June 7. A 56-year-old ...

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