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

Some of the rare artifacts smuggled and seized in Florida date back 5,000 years from sites across Europe, Africa and Eastern ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Chaminade-Madonna senior defensive back John Gay was in tears after the Lions 24-7 loss to Sierra Canyon (California) on Aug.

Herbert Dixon, a Bartow native and tour-caliber golfer from the days of segregation who could still shoot his age late into ...

Polk County has joined the SPARK program, which provides districts with monthly coaching sessions and hands-on guidance in ...

Health authorities say concentrated forms of a drug known as kratom, legally sold in smoke shops, are causing harm in Polk ...

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