Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to ...

Polk County Public Schools has seen an alarming increase in students making online threats to either bomb or shoot up a school. In the first 28 days of school there have been 24 students arrested.

A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City ...

By Carl Fish Press Release City Of Bartow Ribbon Cutting planned for Oct. 4 The City of Bartow will cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Bartow Sports Complex, located at 850 County Road 555, on ...

BACK THEN, 60% OF VOTERS IN POPE COUNTY SAID NO TO A CASINO, BUT NOW, SIX YEARS LATER, CROSS SAYS OPINIONS HAVE CHANGED. MYSELF AND SIX MAYORS OF POLK COUNTY ARE ALL GOING TO VOTE NO TO THIS, BECAUSE ...

Officers acting on a tip located parts of a handgun among other contraband in a 14-year-old student’s backpack at Ocoee High ...

Sarah McKay promoted the arts, education and civic engagement. She was integral to the restoration of Munn Park in downtown Lakeland.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was shot and killed Wednesday night at a Seminole County apartment complex, according to ...

According to officials of the Polk County Road and Drainage Division, Canal Road in Lake Wales will be closed beginning today ...

By Carl Fish Hezedean Smith, who became Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) Chief in November 2022, resigned effective September 30, 2024. His resignation followed a critical report commissioned by the ...

Former Haralson County deputy Thomas Roberts was arrested by the GBI on child molestation and related charges.

McMinn Central got the goal it needed and withstood Polk County's physicality to take one big step to the summit of the ...