The proposed increase could nearly double fees for typical residents over five years, and for businesses it could be far more ...

With just over 70 days left for Spring Training baseball, the Flying Tigers Spring Training baseball tickets are available.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the 3-month-old suffered a brain bleed, retinal hemorrhaging, bruising to his abdomen ...

Fort Meade commissioners voted 3-1 to appoint Matthew Taylor to the opening for Seat 1 created by the death of James “Possum” ...

Looking at the scoreboard, the result was nearly the same as a year ago as Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas defeated ...

The Polk Planning Commission rejected the plans for an 855-acre sand mine adjacent to the Saddlebag Lake Resort. Now the applicant has appealed.

Polk Superintendent Fred Heid said two charter companies did not qualify under the Schools of Hope program, and he denied all ...

Head Coach Bill Castle speaks during a championship celebration at Bryant Stadium for the Lakeland High School Dreadnaught football team in Lakeland, Florida Tuesday, December 20, 2005. The ...

Lake Wales kicker kickstarted program. And now Isaac Rivera is one of the best kickers in the county hands down.

Two of the three eastbound lanes near 1st Street have been closed as emergency personnel respond to an accident.

Commissioners were told in September that Polk County has the most restrictive alcohol-sales laws in Central Florida.

The DEP listed desired projects for Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve, Colt Creek State Park and Lake Kissimmee ...