Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd visited Dorothy Freed of Lakeland on her 106th birthday, deputizing her and giving her a badge ...

Bartow's police chief has resigned amid "credible" allegations by an employee, the city says. What to know about the department.

Prior to adoption, all pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped, up to date on vaccines and come with a month of flea and ...

Lake Gibson at Bartow is among the top games with Polk County teams on tonight's schedule. Follow along with our live ...

While homelessness itself is not illegal in Florida, new laws restrict where people can sleep or camp in public. A 2024 law ...

LAKELAND — George Jenkins football quickly took care of business against Discovery on Friday, Aug. 28 and now can prepare for ...

The Braves won its first game of the year in grand fashion thanks to the ariel assault of quarterback Caleb McFarland, who ...

The company said it's laying off 178 employees at a County Line Road facility because the client has decided to operate its ...

Lakeland police say a man angry with a former romantic partner shot 11 rounds into a home with three children. The ex and ...

Polk State College will host U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the Republican candidate for governor, for a Constitution Day event on ...

Former state Sen. Jeff Brandes said that Amendment 3 has become an "orphan" measure, with neither Gov. DeSantis nor ...

Maurice Russell has been fired as Fort Meade football coach. Andre Camp has been named interim coach for the rest of the ...