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

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

LAKELAND, Fla. - Solomon Smith, 22, of Lakeland, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A 29-year-old man, Gerardo Estrada Ariza, was arrested Tuesday night after a violent confrontation with ...

Polk County’s varsity baseball team dropped its Mountain Foothills 7 Conference opener Tuesday night, falling 8-2 to R-S Central in Rutherfordton. The Hilltoppers (4-2, 1-0) built a steady lead ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says one of two men accused of stealing swans from a mobile home community has been arrested again, this time in South Carolina.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced Wednesday the arrest of Jordan Montoya, 27, in South Carolina, ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explains what led to the latest arrest of Jordan Montoya, a man accused of stealing swans from ...

As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors will be voting on a resolution to settle with County Administrator John Norris on Tuesday. In early January, Norris was placed on paid administrative leave ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A Palm Harbor woman faces charges after repeatedly misusing the 911 emergency line to report a "stolen" ...