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

Lakeland quarterback Joaquin Kavouklis threw his first touchdown pass as a Dreadnaught when he completed a short pass to ...

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.

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

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

DeSantis' former top lawyer is raising questions about an immigrants' advocacy group that's suing the state over its immigration enforcement law.

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 ...

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

First hired at Florida Polytechnic University in 2023, Kelli Stargel received a promotion in March to a vice president role.