Orlando Health will hold a hiring event Aug. 23 at the Auburndale Community Center for the Lakeland Highlands hospital now under construction.

Polk State College needs $7.5 million more to complete construction of the Haines City-Davenport campus, President Angela Garcia Falconetti said.

Frostproof got off to a fast start to the season. While other teams were playing in their kickoff classics last week, the Bulldogs opened their regular season with a 34-point victory over Clewiston.

As Polk County’s high school football teams went through preseason practice, The Ledger spotlighted the top senior prospects, ...

Will there be a billion-dollar jackpot in summer 2025? Powerball drawings are at 11 pm ET every Monday, Wednesday and ...

The new Florida law says you can go to jail and/or face $500 fines for driving 50 mph over the speed limit or exceeding 100 mph.

The Space Force's 'classified' space plane will launch Thursday from Kennedy Space Center with a new sensor to test GPS ...

Lakeland candidate Don Burns has withdrawn his candidacy for Lakeland's District B Northeast seat this November.

Commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley, who currently holds the seat, announced her campaign as a mayoral candidate in March. This leaves the District C seat open along with a full four-year term.

As Hurricane Erin swirls around Florida, NASA is asking the public to submit their hurricane-related photos to help improve ...

Rick Nolte, who died at age 69, was in his first term on the Polk County School Board after ousting incumbent Sarah Fortney ...