Early signing for football came two weeks earlier this season, and seven Polk County athletes from two schools, Lakeland and ...

Follow the USA TODAY Florida Network blog throughout the early signing period to see where the state's top football players ...

DeSantis leaving Florida to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense would scramble the top of state ...

In an appeal to multiple senses, the 10th annual Orange Blossom Revue runs Friday and Saturday in Lake Wales among the fragrance of nearby orange groves, musical ballads and festival foods.   The ...

The site plan includes space for eight food trucks, and converts a 1912 house on the property into a spot to serve beer and ...

A Lakeland resident found the dead bat in a bag among her children's toys, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported.

Ziggy Riley's hard work last summer paying dividends for Lakeland in the playoffs. Here's a peek behind the curtain at the ...

Publix to build its fifth Winter Haven store next to Traditions neighborhood as Polk County home building booms.

Polk County's Walk to End Alzheimer's will take place Saturday with registration starting at 8 a.m. and the opening ceremony ...

Fort Meade has turned its season around, so much so that they are in the title game. Defensive coordinator Anthony Russell ...

Polk County's two largest law enforcement agencies made 1.5 times more arrests for DUI this Thanksgiving week than last year.

A section of Orange Street near downtown Lakeland was closed for a short time Tuesday as police talked to a man who ...