All Saints' Charlotte Roy, Lakeland Christian's Emma Wilkinson finish 1-2 in girls cross country district race.

Geico will permanently lay off 114 employees in Lakeland by April, marking the second round of cuts in two years.

Polk County voters approved a referendum that will enact a property tax to raise money for staff pay supplements and other ...

Among registered Democrats, 63.1% cast ballots, compared to 59.8% of Republicans, according to figures from the Polk ...

After a fall season chock-full of celestial events, astronomers are forecasting tonight's skies could offer a glowing start ...

Here are The Ledger's final rankings for Polk County's 22 teams that play 11-man football.

Most Polk County incumbents held their seats but Democrat Octavio Hernandez secured a surprise win over Rep. Holley.

Polk State College President Anastasios "Stasi" Kamoutsas speaks during a media event Aug. 10 at the SunTrax facility in Auburndale. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a partnership between the Florida ...

Appointed incumbent Kate Wallace edged challenger Victor Sims in the nonpartisan election for District 3 of the Polk County ...

Lakeland Christian and Victory Christian played in the state tournament last year with Victory Christian finishing state runner-up. The Storm's top player, Sylvia Rodriguez graduated, and LCS ...

The polls are closed and candidates for Polk County Commission District 4 are awaiting votes to be tallied. Republican Omar Arroyo faces write-in candidate Elisha Gresham to take a seat on the ...