Week 1 in Polk County began with Lakeland's win over Auburndale on Thursday and continues with a full slate of games on ...

Norris (5'9, 150), a sophomore, has outstanding speed and quickness, in only his first year last year (2024), Norris improved ...

The Florida College System Foundation provided $35,278 to the Polk State College Foundation to support three scholarship ...

The organized ring was selling marijuana, fentanyl, crack cocaine, MDMA and various pills including oxycodone, hydrocodone and ketamine, the sheriff said.

Polk residents are asked to narrow down the area's most flavorful eight ice cream shops to the most refreshing four.

Florida football has won two national titles this quarter century while producing several standout players. Here are the 25 best in the last 25 years.

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

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

Frostproof got off to a fast start to the season. While other teams were playing in their kickoff classics last week, the ...

The SEC announced its expanding its football game schedule to nine games that will establish three rivalry games. We look at ...

UF will honor Billy Donvan before Florida football's opener against LIU for his induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall ...

Polk County commissioners approved no-boating zones in newly designated swimming areas in three lakes over safety concerns.