Hurricane Erin has begun to move away from the North Carolina coast, although beachgoers are still cautioned against swimming ...

As Polk County’s high school football teams went through preseason practice, The Ledger spotlighted the top senior prospects, ...

Polk County Public Schools will hold town halls for schools in the southwest, northwest, central, northeast and southeast ...

Will there be a billion-dollar jackpot in summer 2025? Powerball drawings are at 11 pm ET every Monday, Wednesday and ...

The Space Force's 'classified' space plane will launch Thursday from Kennedy Space Center with a new sensor to test GPS ...

Lakeland candidate Don Burns has withdrawn his candidacy for Lakeland's District B Northeast seat this November.

Pop Mart will make pre-orders available once again for its "The Monsters Big into Energy Series." The series, which originally launched in April 2025, is one of the latest Labubu blind boxes to come ...

Orlando Health will hold a hiring event Aug. 23 at the Auburndale Community Center for the Lakeland Highlands hospital now under construction.

Frostproof got off to a fast start to the season. While other teams were playing in their kickoff classics last week, the Bulldogs opened their regular season with a 34-point victory over Clewiston.

Polk State College needs $7.5 million more to complete construction of the Haines City-Davenport campus, President Angela Garcia Falconetti said.

Commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley, who currently holds the seat, announced her campaign as a mayoral candidate in March. This leaves the District C seat open along with a full four-year term.

Rick Nolte, who died at age 69, was in his first term on the Polk County School Board after ousting incumbent Sarah Fortney ...