BARTOW – Three current county judges and seven incumbent circuit judges slid into six-year terms in office Friday without opposition – as did State Attorney Brian Haas and Public Defender Rex ...

Florida's new law restricts student cell phone use during school, with elementary and middle school students banned from using them entirely and high school students only allowed to use them with ...

The proposal from the Charter Review Committee was at least the third attempt to change the process to sell the utility. But it will not make the ballot.

R. Bruce Anderson writes that whatever your political position may be, taking pleasure in the misery of other humans is spiritually corrupt.

It is the first time that the Polk Education Foundation has awarded $1 million in scholarships since its inception in 1988.

After an image of a young girl on the ground during her mother's arrest went viral, Winter Haven police released body video of the incident.

It has likely been decades since Polk County revised high school attendance boundaries districtwide. Here's how the process will work.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd criticized recruiting emails that ICE sent directly to deputies who have trained to assist the federal agency.

The report from a third-party consultant said the pump at Lake Bonny was woefully inadequate and the drainage to Lake Parker also needs improvement.

Lakeland's Vision Zero plan aims to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from traffic accidents. Here's a look at the numbers on accidents and cameras.

CSX railroad crossing closures along U.S. 98 South in Lakeland, Florida, are expected to cause traffic disruptions. Closures will occur in stages, with some overlapping, impacting multiple ...

The EPA plans to gut all regulation related to climate change, putting short-term profit and comfort above health.