Karina Sloan, a longtime Lakeland resident, said many Venezuelans in Polk County are "panicking" over President Trump's ...

Collin Griffith will not spend time in prison after deputies accused him of murdering his mother a year after he shot his ...

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

John Velebir, chair of Polk County's Republican Party, said he is "very" concerned about the rift between Gov. DeSantis and ...

Following closing statements in the murder case against Collin Griffith, the jury has now been given the case.

Drivers will start seeing heavy equipment and an increased number of crews along I-4 east of U.S. 27, the Florida Department ...

Collin Griffith is being charged as an adult after he allegedly murdered his mother, 39-year-old Catherine Griffith.

A Polk County jury is deliberating the fate of a 17-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his mother to death. BARTOW, Fla.

The reprimand before the Florida Supreme Court came as Judge John Flynn has faced motions to disqualify himself from some criminal cases.

The increased fee only applies to volunteers whose activities involve contact with students out of sight of a district staff ...

Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship program is having a big impact on students in Polk County schools, but it is in urgent ...