Lakeland is the only No. 1 seed, and Fort Mead advanced in a new Rural B tournament called the Florida Invitational Tournament.

Instead of honking horns in traffic jams, the public can sound off in person twice in November at the County Administration ...

Polk County officials are working to address a 20-foot-deep sinkhole that opened Wednesday on the front lawn of a Highland ...

Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. The Times publishes its own estimates for each candidate’s share of ...

The third rivalry game is Auburndale at Winter Haven. While Auburndale (5-3) is ranked No. 10 in the region and still has an outside chance to make the playoffs, Winter Haven (1-8) is looking for a ...

It took about two weeks, but water testing shows that Lakeland's lakes have recovered from the 5,187,000 gallons of ...

Polk County North Central Transfer Station, 3131 K-Ville Ave, Auburndale: This site will accept all hurricane-related debris ...

She grew up in Highlands County but when she moved to Polk, she served on boards at the United Way of Central Florida and the Learning Resource Center. “That means I understand the issues from d ...

Several of Polk County’s environmental lands remain closed as the county plans to reopen other sites following Hurricane Milton. Bone Valley ATV Park is scheduled to operate Saturday and Sunday ...

BARTOW, Fla. - It's sad news for fans of the Haunted Jail Tour in Polk County. This will be the attraction's final year as the building off of North Broadway in downtown Bartow will be torn down. The ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis and ... that sets standards in medicines and dietary supplements. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd does not seem to agree with the ...

IT DOESN’T REALLY LOOK LIKE A HURRICANE, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE MAKING LANDFALL NEAR CUBA AND THEN TURNING AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA ... UP TOWARDS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, PARTS OF PALM CITY ...