The owner of the Smokey Bones chain, Fat Brands, has closed its North Lakeland location and is redesigning it to become a ...

The city will send a letter in June spelling out its Capital City Clean-up. It offers collection points for debris while ...

There will be plenty of stories to follow in high school football from new starters to new coaches and rising stars.

Lake Wales is the last Polk County public school to win a state title in 1993, and Santa Fe Catholic, a private school, won ...

The 26-year-old man had been radicalized into the Moorish "sovereign citizen" movement at Fresno State. His mother hadn't ...

Polk County Lt. Chad Anderson was shot in the arm before the bullet entered his chest. Deputy Craig Smith was shot 4 times in ...

Of the state's 30 top homes for alligators, eight are in Polk County or right along its border. And one tiny Winter Haven ...

Before the change, the intersection was estimated to carry 10,000 vehicles a day. Next up? What to do about the tiny CSX ...

Ed Strickler of Haines City learned at age 30 that he had polycystic kidney disease, which causes dark, fluid-filled cysts to ...

Two restaurants in Polk County were temporarily closed by inspectors from April 8 to 21, one for roaches, the other for ...

Polk has advanced teams to the final four in all but two years the tournament has been held. That trek begins with this ...

In a statement to Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives, Wiggins’ younger brother, Robert, said he was there when his ...