Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

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

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

A Florida sheriff says federal immigration authorities need to remove the "shackles" from local law enforcement agencies so they can assist in deporting criminal illegal migrants.

Two men who were sleeping in a car in Polk County were arrested after one of them attacked a deputy and their police dog.

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

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

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

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

Nic Partridge, The Ledger's 2024 Player of the Year, is among the top players in Polk County as he returns for his senior ...

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.