Lakeland, and Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, were picked to chair committees in the Florida House for the 2025 session.

Eight Polk County high school football teams have made the playoffs. Which teams have the best chance to escape out of ...

A 41-year-old Dade City man, Dallas Ray Hacker, was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday night, November ...

Incoming Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez ... Perez named Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, as chair of the Health and Human Services Committee. Tomkow won reelection Tuesday for what will ...

As for the I-4 congestion, FDOT is still working toward it’s “Moving Florida Forward” initiative, which includes new lanes ...

Here are predictions for every Polk County high school football game in the FHSAA and SSAA playoffs this weekend.

The Dreadnaughts are heavy favorites to advance to the final four, but they aren't the only Polk County school in ... but winning record 7A-2: Haines City one and done Haines City won the district ...

Eight Polk County teams have advanced to the playoffs ... Lakeland (5A-2) is the No. 1 seed in its regions, and Haines City (7A-2), Lake Gibson (5A-2), Lake Wales (4A-2), Mulberry (3A-3) Lakeland ...

Lakeland is the only No. 1 seed, and Fort Mead advanced in a new Rural B tournament called the Florida Invitational ...

That’s what St. Pete Downtown Partnership CEO Jason Mathis wrote in a letter supporting the latest approval for the Waldorf Astoria project, on track to be the city’s tallest building.

Read full article: Man with hammer charged at Polk deputy who fatally shot him ... a month since Hurricane Milton hit Central Florida and one city said the flooding nightmare is still not over.