Lakeland and so many other Polk County football teams won big on Friday. Find out who while also seeing who the Week 7 ...

To stay up with all the action involving Polk teams, keep checking back here throughout the night.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office offered more details on a shooting at the Lake Wales mud hole that wounded four people. Two ...

Haines City police said a man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso in a late afternoon shooting on Avenue K.

Lakeland police arrested Ben Braver, a Florida House candidate, after he heckled Vice President JD Vance at a rally. He was ...

About a dozen protestors gathered on a road outside the Lakeland airport, holding signs to show their opposition to Vice President JD Vance.

Bartow Ford on Sept. 4, 2026. The dealership, which was started in 1948 by Ernest Smith, has been sold to North Carolina-based Crossroads Automotive Group. The new ownership promises nothing will ...

Who is the best Polk County high school girls' volleyball player right now? Folks can vote now and find out exactly when this ...

Defense experts say TJ Wiggins' brain was damaged by child abuse as victims' families describe broken hearts during the first day of the penalty phase.

Vice President JD Vance greeted supporters at a Lakeland GOP rally as attendees broke into chants of "USA, USA, USA." Watch ...

Ahead of close midterm elections, Vice President JD Vance visits Lakeland to help fire up the Republican base.

This bodes well for the chance of some potentially close, hard-fought games in the second half of the season in that district ...