Polk County Public Schools held a ceremony on Oct. 6 to name the music building at Jewett Middle Academy in honor of the late ...

A free screening of the documentary “Lake Wales Envisioned” will take place Oct. 20 at Heritage Hill in Lake Wales.

Closures related to demolition of the State Road 33 bridge at Interstate 4 in Polk County will begin Oct. 11, FDOT said.

The Fort Meade City Commission approved the settlement with Veronica Hairston, the former human resources director and chief ...

Florida has reported 162 measles cases this year, a significant increase from previous decades. A satirical political ...

Lake Wales used its off week to work on cleaning up its execution, and if there is to be a payoff of all that work, it wasn’t ...

Fundraising campaigns have been created for the families of Adinaluz Guadalupe Prieto Oyola and Deshawn Smith, both of whom ...

Polk County Commission voted Oct. 6 to terminate CareerSource Polk CEO Stacey Campbell-Domineck in a 3-2 vote, and dissolve ...

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican candidate for governor, takes pictures with supporters lining up for a rally featuring Vice President JD Vance in support of Republican candidates at the Sun 'n ...

Kingston Loydd leads a prolific Lake Wales offense into its biggest game of the season against district rival Orlando Jones.

Lakeland, faces Democrat Ricky Santiago and non-party candidate Jarvis Washington in the Florida House District 50 election.

A Candidate meet-and-greet will take place Oct. 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Well, 114 E. Parker St., in Lakeland.