Kate Wallace, a local business leader and product of Polk County Public Schools, is running for the District 3 seat on the ...

The District 3 seat is currently filled by Mick Wright, who is term-limited. Michele Dial and Ryan Ramkhelawan aim to fill ...

A deadly fire in a Lakeland mobile home community is prompting action to protect residents, as crews work to make sure ...

A decision on the homeless shelter's relocation to Memorial Boulevard has been pushed to April 20. Here's why it's causing ...

Ricky Santiago, a Democrat from Lakeland, has filed paperwork to run for the Florida House in District 50, the seat held by ...

The stadium, a partnership between Polk County, the school district and Florida Southern could host major high school, AAU ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies caught up with a 27-year-old Lakeland man on Friday who had been dodging law enforcement ...

The sentence follows a January 2026 trial in Polk County where a jury took only an hour to deliberate before returning guilty ...

Ronald Breese called the mental health crisis. When deputies arrived, he was armed and threatening to harm himself. He fired ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said one person was killed when two semi-trucks collided on U.S. 98 N.

DID YOU SEE IT?  Polk County deputies unveiled a "wonderful addition" to the area on April 1, which, of course, is not a ...

Three officers were awarded the State of Texas Director’s Award for Lifesaving from Texas DPS, as well as the Lifesaving ...