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 ...

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, ...

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

While overall property values have soared in Polk County, the value of many downtown office buildings have been stagnant for ...

The moon will appear a striking reddish color in a few weeks when a magnificent total lunar eclipse becomes visible all ...

As crews fully contain a 198-acre fire in the Pisgah National Forest, the US Forest Service has mapped areas most at risk of extreme wildfires.

Polk County prosecutor John Aguero won convictions ... and forestall any investigation that might cause people to look again at Aguero’s other convictions. “Honestly if it’s not that ...

Later on, county rec center staff learned the person – Richard Cox – is a registered sex offender and they called the cops when Cox visited again about two weeks later. "As soon as he came out ...