Here we are in the middle of November. Twenty-two Polk County schools began playing 11-man football in August, and 10 schools are still playing, eight in the FHSAA playoffs and two in the Sunshine ...

His wife Jazmine Rondon, 33, of Lakeland, was also charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. She pleaded not guilty ...

Lakeland police announced the federal sentencing of a violent felon who led officials in a high-speed shootout on I-4.

A tropical wave in the Caribbean has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical depression. Meanwhile, Polk County will enjoy ...

The spill occurred from Oct. 17 to Oct. 31, the agency reported. Polk County Utilities was alerted Oct. 17 about the collapse ...

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Cynara Appling of Spook Hill Elementary and Ervie Louis of Jewett School of the Arts won top honors at the Polk County Public ...

A woman overheard screaming during a 911 call was rescued when a deputy confronted and killed her husband beating her with a ...

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Polk County deputy fatally shot Charles Edwards after he attacked his wife and charged at the deputy with a hammer.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a fatal deputy-involved shooting after responding to a domestic battery ...