Cast your vote for the Polk County 2026 preseason high school bowler of the year in an open poll. The nominees are listed ...

Lakeland Christian's Emma Wilkinson has been the top girls cross country runner for the past three years and is entering her ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called license plate readers the best tool in their arsenal for public safety and said his ...

Polk State will use the grant money to install a new CDL training facility at the Polk State Clear Springs Advanced ...

A developer abruptly pulled a plan for a 145-home subdivision on Deeson Road before a meeting of the Polk County Commission.

The Miami Dolphins let go veteran Tyrel Dodson to clear an immediate path for rookie LB Jacob Rodriguez. Here's why: ...

The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in Lakeland is launching an Artist-in-Residence Program.

With the top two cross country runners having graduated, the field is wide open as the 2026 season gets under way.

Green Horizon Land Trust has acquired a 20-acre parcel near Crooked Lake in eastern Polk County to prevent potential ...

Kenneth Treister of Winter Haven, an architect perhaps best known for designing Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, has died at ...

The planned route of the Central Polk Parkway East bisects property near Haines City that Sharon Garrett’s family has owned ...

And on the boys' side, Kathleen’s Mason Griffin was The Ledger’s Bowler of the Year for the second straight year in 2025. But ...