Residents are invited to lace up their walking shoes and enjoy the outdoors in celebration of National Take a Walk in a Park Day on Mon0. The Mulberry Public Library is partnering with Se7en Wetlands ...

Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews responded to a fatal fire off Ralph Road in Lakeland on Tuesday Morning. PCFR crews were dispatched at 9:48 a.m. and arrived on scene at 9:50 a.m. — Local ...

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies issued an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Ashley Hernandez after a new victim came forward with details that Hernandez also stole jewelry when she was hired to ...

Heart disease is something many adults push to the back of their minds if they are not experiencing symptoms; a concern for "later" in life. However, that mindset may be changing. New research ...

Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) responded to a mobile home fire on Pine Ridge Drive yesterday (Mar. 1) evening at approximately 9:45 PM. Initial reports indicated two individuals were possibly ...

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Press Release PCSO deputies arrested a Dundee woman who critically injured a motorcyclist with her vehicle then fled the scene at approximately 5:39 p.m. on Sunday, March ...

Monday morning, March 2nd, a PCSO deputy responded to the area in front of Bartow Executive Airport on northbound US 17, to assist a disabled vehicle. A black Chrysler 300 was stopped in the outside ...

Put on your green and head to Downtown Bartow for a fun, free community celebration as Saint Paddy’s Unparade kicks off March Friday Fest March 20. The evening begins with the Saint Paddy’s Unparade — ...

After five decades of representing Polk State College, thirty-five of those years as its general counsel, Don Wilson is handing off the long-standing client to a fellow attorney in his office. But ...

A routine traffic stop by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of a 35-year-old man with a lengthy criminal history and several new charges. Deputies stopped a vehicle driven by David ...

Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives received information about a package containing Xylazine that had been intercepted by U.S. Customs in New York. The package had been shipped from India and was ...

Florida Polytechnic University and National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT) in Taichung, Taiwan, are partnering to amplify their international research momentum and build new solutions for ...