Fourteen schools run by the district improved their grades in 2024-25, including five that improved from a D to a C. None of ...

Graduation rates in Polk County increased from 78% to 83%, according to state data.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Lakeland Police Department helped to arrest 28 members of the Mongols motorcycle gang linked to a gas station shooting in New Smyrna Beach, authorities said.

Osceola County is tackling its persistent traffic issues with a series of road improvement projects, aiming to accommodate a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A three-judge federal appellate panel unanimously upheld Florida's 2022 congressional redistricting maps, and in particular, Congressional District 5, which spans over 200 ...

Fisher then was a Brevard County commissioner, representing a North Brevard district that includes Titusville — once known as "Space City USA" and "Miracle City," in nods to the space program ...

There’s something magical about that moment when you’re standing in a sea of treasures, holding some peculiar trinket you never knew existed, yet suddenly can’t imagine living without. That’s the ...

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

The investigations collectively seized a staggering 64 pounds of fentanyl – enough to claim millions of lives and marking the most significant single seizure in Polk County's history.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...