The big news: News about school library book challenges have faded in many parts of Florida in recent months, though the ...

After realizing that both programs together actually complete a full pathway, the Florida Tropics and Lakeland United soccer ...

Those catastrophes contributed to a 90% decline in orange production over the past two decades. Citrus groves in Florida, ...

Alico, Inc. (“Alico” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: ALCO) today announced a major milestone in its strategic transformation with the filing of a development application for the first of two villages ...

Polk County’s children are at a disadvantage when it comes to learning, according to the latest Child Well-Being Index by the ...

Is it a mathematical day or a foodie day? If you're not worried about your own circumference and looking for a slice in Polk ...

Immigration in 2024 drove the overall U.S. population growth to its fastest rate in 23 years as the nation surpassed 340 ...

A union for U.S. Agency for International Development contractors asked a federal judge Tuesday to intervene in any ...

Public schools face teacher shortages. Some states are lowering qualifications as educators leave the poorly paid field.

It included photos of the guest of honor plus the other panelists: former Circuit Judge Scott Cupp, who resigned from the ...

When a Polk ... Florida investigators. It happened around 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, while Duke Energy employees were investigating a theft of electricity in the Lake Wales area, the Polk ...

Polk County ranks 57th out of 67 Florida counties in the 2025 Child Well-Being Index. The county showed improvement in seven categories, including children in poverty and teen drug use.