The Polk County legislative delegation will hold its annual meeting Aug. 12 starting at 1 at the Polk County Commission ...

The Florida Legislature in the 2025 session passed SB 2508, which increases the number of judges in the Lakeland-based Sixth ...

Federal cuts to the National Weather Service and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could tamper with ...

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.

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.

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

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

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 ...

The security ambassadors stepped into incidents as varied as disorderly conduct, trespassing, property damage, indecent exposure and sleeping in public.

The fleecing of the American taxpayer As a business owner and one who has served on many community boards, it would be negligent on anyone's part to ignore the responsibility of due diligence ...

The Florida Supreme Court has granted a petition for disciplinary revocation from Jason Penrod, a Lake Wales lawyer accused of stealing from clients. The court issued an order Thursday granting ...