The continuing resolution passed in March did not include $12 million sought by Rep. Scott Franklin, D-Lakeland, for Polk ...

A reader writes that greedy corporations are buying up senior communities and increasing rents, trapping seniors.

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture ...

Indivisible Polk, the Polk County Progressive Democratic Caucus and other groups organized the "Hands Off!" rally Saturday at ...

The number of wildfires burning in Florida is climbing again. After a brief downward trend earlier in the week, the numbers ...

A 22-year-old man traveling in a Mercedes is calling the Polk County Jail home after he pointed a gun at a truck during a ...

Walter Clayton Jr. held no Power 4 offers. Now, he's one of the nation's best players and carried Florida basketball to the ...

The Mosaic Company, a producer of phosphate, will soon be starting a pilot road project in Polk County that will use a ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested after Polk County deputies said he pointed a gun at a truck driver and yelled, “I am going to ...

Lakeland's forecast highs this week through Sunday are within one degree of records. Is there a fire risk? Here's the full forecast.

Mary Catherine Green and her late father, Oliver L. Green, Jr., served more than 50 years combined as judges in Polk County.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is searching for two men after they fled from Florida Highway Patrol on I-4 Tuesday morning.