The big news: News about school library book challenges have faded in many parts of Florida in recent months, though the ...

A group of Lake Bonny residents are gathering signatures for their petition calling for an independent investigation into how ...

Shakespeare & Friends’ production of Arms and the Man, a 19th-century comedy by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, will ...

Those catastrophes contributed to a 90% decline in orange production over the past two decades. Citrus groves in Florida, which covered more than 832,00 acres (336,698 hectares) at the turn of the ...

Immigrants kept the largest urban counties in the US growing. Core counties in Houston, Miami and Phoenix areas grew more ...

Polk County’s children are at a disadvantage when it comes to learning, according to the latest Child Well-Being Index by the ...

A North Carolina destination boasts a “peaceful” setting — and is one of the best places to retire, a new report finds. The small mountain town of Tryon ranks among the nation’s top places for ...

In any other year, Polk County teachers would be thrilled with the new contract that's about to give them $1,200 to $3,900 raises, based on experience. But Hillsborough teachers are about to get ...

A rapidly strengthening storm system has Iowa in its sights Friday into this weekend. Here's what's ahead starting this ...

After a breezy day yesterday, things are calmer today, with temperatures a shade cooler around the region. A chance for very ...