Lightning and heavy rain interrupted the meet early and then shortened it after it resumed, but enough events were completed to crown team champions. With the boys and girls each completing eight of ...

A runoff for Polk County School Board pits Victor Sims against appointed incumbent Kate Wallace. The nonpartisan race has a distinctly partisan tinge.

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

At Lakeland's Swan Roundup, some wrangling happens on land See a swan evade Lakeland's swan wranglers at the 46th annual roundup Swan wranglers net one at Lakeland's 46th Swan Roundup on Lake Morton ...