The Polk County legislative delegation will hold a public meeting on August 12th in Bartow for the 2026 legislative session.

The plan could dramatically change the junction of U.S. 92 and County Line Road and affect businesses on both sides. See the ...

Residents, business owners, even a church, showed up at Lakeland's planning and zoning meeting to voice concern about the ...

Here's who selected Bartow's Jonathan Vastine, and Webber's Noah Palmese went in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft.

The airline informed the Statesman Journal that it is exiting the Salem market because it is closing its base in Burbank, ...

The top county in the U.S. when it came to flash density, or the number of lightning strikes per square mile, in 2024 was Limestone County in Texas, which had had average of 125 flashes per square ...

A day after historic rain flooded nearby Plant City and flood-weary portions of Polk County saw waters rise, more is on the way. Here's what to expect.

Royal Portrush is playing host to the final major of the year, the 2025 Open Championship in Northern Ireland.

If the House plan were enacted, nearly 22,000 students at 15 colleges would become ineligible to receive EASE funds, education advocates say.

Lakeland's annual Pride in the Park, the culmination of a week of Polk Pride events, celebrated its 10th year June 14.

Nine bills primarily sponsored by Polk County lawmakers passed in the 2025 session of the Florida Legislature, which remains incomplete.

She was all smiles and hugs with her mother after coming up huge in the U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru over the ...