The outcome on Friday? Never in doubt. The celebration? No less memorable or meaningful. Polk County’s conference ...

With time winding down Friday, Josh Money flashed the signal to a referee that he hoped all night he’d get to make. Some two ...

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

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Markus Anthony, a 32-year-old tow truck driver from Poinciana, was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff's ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Jonathan Hobbs, a 19-year-old resident of Lakeland, was arrested on Friday, February 7th, in connection ...

Iowa lawmakers want to cut Iowa property taxes. But a look at one Des Moines man's example shows other factors are making it ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

The Lake Wales Police & Polk County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search for a suspect vehicle from Lakeland. The vehicle ...