By Carl Fish A Haines City Police Department officer was arrested in Orange County Friday on DUI and reckless driving charges, according to Orange County Corrections records. Joseph Jabar Everett, 29, ...

MAGNO Junk Removal, a licensed and insured hauler based in Davenport,is offering four free junk pickups during October for residents ofDavenport and Haines City who are 65 or older, or who are ...

An envelope containing a suspicious substance was intercepted Friday after being sent to the office of U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, whose 9th Congressional District includes portions of Polk County, ...

When it comes to football, a few things captivate a community quite like the game itself. For All Saints Academy, however, the traditional 11-man game had been missing for several years. That has ...

Week 9 is here, and Polk County high school football is quickly approaching the final stretch of the regular season. With the season winding down, every game becomes more important as teams look to ...

“One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation.” For decades, that spark has been kept alive by a certain purple dragon, and now, after nearly thirty years, the dreamer who created ...

Winter Haven residents facing cancer have another treatment option within BayCare’s regional network following the opening of a $33 million proton therapy center in Tampa. The BayCare Proton Center is ...

The Town of Lake Hamilton will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its wastewater plant on Friday, Nov. 6, at 10 a.m. The event will take place at 840 Water Tank Road, Lake Hamilton, Florida 33851.

AdventHealth Prepares for Hospital Construction in Winter Haven by James Coulter AdventHealth Polk North is laying the groundwork for a future hospital at its Cypress Gardens Boulevard campus. To ...

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. famously said taxes are the price of a civilized society. Winter Haven residents will be paying more of that price next year, as city commissioners have ...

Polk County jail records list 30 DUI-related bookings between October 1 and October 7, 2026, including charges involving serious bodily injury, repeat offenses and damage to another person or property ...

An Orlando semi driver was arrested early Thursday after Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies allegedly found him asleep behind the wheel of a truck stopped in a travel lane on Interstate 4 near ...