Tips To Make Your Autistic Child’s Halloween Not‑So‑Scary by James Coulter Halloween is right around the corner, and while many children look forward to costumes and candy, some Autistic children ...

The Culpepper Cardiac Foundation has donated its 110th automated external defibrillator (AED) to Lake Shipp Baptist Church, honoring Gregory Harris and helping the church improve access to lifesaving ...

October brings costume planning, sweet treats, and family traditions worth sharing. This year, make the City of Davenport’s Trunk or Treat part of your family’s story. Join us October 31 from 6–9 PM ...

The PCSO Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit is investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck that claimed the life of one of the drivers. The crash occurred at approximately 5:13 a.m. on ...

A Polk State College graduate who has turned her experience in business and education into an effort to help incarcerated women will soon have her work featured in a documentary. Alisha Hinton, an ...

The Lake Wales Highlanders picked up one of their biggest victories of the season Thursday night, defeating Orlando Jones 28-6 in a rain-soaked district matchup in Orlando. The victory improved Lake ...

This man, 30-year-old Carlos Alberto Escobar Gonzalez of Lakeland, has a Polk County Warrant for his arrest for leaving the scene of a crash causing death and no valid DL causing death. Gonzalez has ...

Memorial Service for Deshawn Christopher Smith of Haines City is Saturday October 24, 2026 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Claude E. Holmes Sr. Memorial Chapel.

Will the City of Lake Wales continue funding its history museum for another year? Or should the museum prepare to raise its own money moving forward? City commissioners expect to settle that question ...

A major multi-vehicle crash involving a Polk County Public Schools bus has shut down a portion of Lucerne Park Road Monday morning as a large emergency response remains underway. The crash was ...