Kasen Hampton, 19, of Lake Wales has filed to run for the seat held by Justin Sharpless, aiming to be "a representative of ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the shooting took place at a Circle K just south of the courthouse complex.

A Brazilian free-tailed bat collected on March 25 southwest of Lakeland tested positive for rabies, PCSO reported.

As Artemis II launch approaches, revisit these space movies filmed in Florida, including "Apollo 13" with Tom Hanks and ...

The average fuel price in state rose about 105 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in ...

The chair of the Polk State board urged trustees to hire an Orlando law firm, turning from the local firm the college has ...

Donald Trump said Tiger Woods "lives a life of pain," but is "doing great" after a conversation the president had with Woods ...

During interviews this week, Jaguars general manager James Gladstone and coach Liam Coen addressed many topics.

Junior Achievement of Polk County and the school district held a groundbreaking March 30 for the Barnett Family JA Discovery ...

Hilary Swain, of Archbold Biological Station will speak April 2 in the Florida Lecture Series at Florida Southern College in ...

Helping Lake Wales steamroll the competition was lifter Ahmad McIntosh (238 pounds), who finished third in Olympic and ...

Florida softball took a fall in all national polls after a series loss to Arkansas. See where the Gators placed.