Polk County Property Appraiser Neil Combee raised concerns about the financial impact of Florida's Live Local Act on property tax revenues. The Live Local Act provides tax breaks to developers ...

Florida law permits firework use on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and the Fourth of July. Fireworks can be purchased at ...

The average fuel price in state rose about 7 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in the ...

R. Bruce Anderson writes a right-wing content creator's invasion of Lakeland's farmers market, and the LDDA's attempt to remove her, raise free speech questions.

The deputy was praised in February for making more than 200 DUI arrests last year. Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said all of his ...

The denial of racism in the United States, its origins, its effects, its destructive power, are being washed out of our history books. As we progressed from the civil rights movement to today, we ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

According to data from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Lake Kissimmee had the second-highest number of alligators in 2024, with an estimated population of about 16,184.

Much remains unresolved: The threat to Israel is eased, not gone. Iran’s desperately ruinous, immoral and inhumane regime remains intact, though damaged. The future of Yemen, the Kurds, Iraq, ...

Ed Vetter helped establish Polk's first International Baccalaureate program and led it to become one of Florida's ...

Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell cited "a political atmosphere" in explaning her decision not to hold outreach at Pride in ...

The City of Winter haven presents Rockin' Freedom Fest starting at 6 p.m. July 3 at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 275 S. Lake ...