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

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.

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

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Lakeland candidate Don Burns has withdrawn his candidacy for Lakeland's District B Northeast seat this November.

As Hurricane Erin swirls around Florida, NASA is asking the public to submit their hurricane-related photos to help improve ...

Here's a look at how Lakeland Linder is operating by the numbers of flights, passengers, cargo and revenue fees.

Bartow agrees to spend of $2.1 million for body cams for its police just months after traffic stop and K-9 search of local ...

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.

The Constitution says very little about how members of the House of Representatives must be chosen. Abusing single-member districts may change that.

Colorado authorities are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed a ranger in a state park and fled the scene. The Jefferson ...