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.

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

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.

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

Polk County Public Schools will hold town halls for schools in the southwest, northwest, central, northeast and southeast ...

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

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

Here's a look at how Lakeland Linder is operating by the numbers of flights, passengers, cargo and revenue fees.

Hurricane Erin has begun to move away from the North Carolina coast, although beachgoers are still cautioned against swimming ...