Polk County's small shops are gearing up to compete during the Black Friday weekend. Here's just a little taste of their unique offerings.

Kamari Smith rushed for 211 yards and three touchdowns against Zephyrhills to help lead Lake Wales into the 4A-2 region finals against Orlando Jones.

Some eastbound lanes were closed until shortly after 8 a.m. on Nov. 25 because of a fatal accident involving a pedestrian ...

U.S. News and World Report released its list of the Best Places to Live in Florida for 2025-2026. Parkland, a town in ...

A few Florida cities also made it onto the US News list of best places to live in the country. Parkland, Palm Harbor, and ...

Bartow Commission votes to send the proposal for more than 2,000 homes, dubbed Emilie at Bartow, to a state agency for review ...

BizLinc LLC, the company associated with a business incubator in Lake Wales, is now listed as inactive with the Florida ...

All lanes on South Eastside Drive between Timberlane East and Combee Road will be closed until Dec. 9, Polk County said.

Florida Poly in Lakeland contributes more than $523 million annually to the state’s gross domestic product, the analysis said ...

The shooting took place near Memorial Boulevard and Brunnell Parkway. The wounded person is receiving treatment at a hospital ...

Early walk-in voting has already started in the runoff to replace Commissioner Brad Dantzler in Winter Haven's Seat 4. Here are the candidates.

By 1941, the House of Representatives passed a joint resolution declaring Thanksgiving Day to be the last Thursday in November. The Senate amended the resolution, making the holiday the fourth ...