Florida Southern's Anthony Monteleone, pictured here, helped the program win a 14th national championship in the school's history. Monteleone is also a highly decorated Winter Hav ...

Auburndale Police arrested Aurora Monique Cochran, 40, on charges related to the killing of William Thomas Martin.

Get free admission to Florida state parks over the three-day Fourth of July holiday weekend. Free admission applies to all but three Florida state parks. There are 175 state parks scattered around ...

The Lake Wales History Museum will celebrate its 50th anniversary on July 4 from noon to 3 p.m. at the historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot at 325 S. Scenic Highway. The free community ...

Taquion Cotton is expected to get a sentence of life in prison on July 10 for the 2023 murder of a pastor's son in Winter Haven.

The countdown to the Fourth of July marking America's 250th birthday is on. The celebrations kick off July 1 with a unique event to mark Polk's heritage as the Polk County Cattlemen's Association ...

A new Miss Florida 2026 and Miss Florida's Teen were crowned Saturday in Lakeland amid a glitzy ball with dances, songs and ...

Gov. DeSantis vetoed $2.6 million to Frostproof for Lake Clinch shoreline stabilization, along with three Lakeland projects ...

Keaton Kohl senior year in athletics had its ups and downs. In golf, he finished fifth at the district tournament as Lake ...

Jessica Meir and Chris Williams were the last US astronauts to conduct a spacewalk. They'll conduct the next one June 30.

The percentage of Polk County students performing at or above grade level increased in every almost grade. Check out scores ...

A Babson Park man says his loan payments were refused by a mortgage company, and now he expects to lose his home.