Lake Wales head coach Mike Settle has been named as Florida Poly's first head softball coach but will finish out the high ...

Mulberry, last year’s Class 4A state runner-up after finishing 27-10, is in a major rebuilding mode having dropped to 2-12.

Stricter watering hours, no more warnings and restaurants can only serve water upon request. Those are some of the ...

Polk County commissioners approved a new right-of-way sign ordinance, allowing $250 fines for unauthorized signs.

The stadium, a partnership between Polk County, the school district and Florida Southern could host major high school, AAU ...

Hilary Holley's won a term that only lasts until November. But it's consequential, as the Legislature is expected to meet in ...

Westbound lanes of State Road 60 at Logistics Parkway between Bartow and Lake Wales are shut down because of an overturned ...

Scott Stricklin hired his third Florida women's basketball coach Monday in Rhode Island coach Tammi Reiss in her first SEC ...

The driver of a semi-truck died in a single-vehicle crash March 23 in Lake Alfred, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Who's going to make the Final Four in The Ledger's "best barbecue" bracket? Here are the Elite 8. Vote for your favorites now ...

The cautionary boil-water notice comes after repairs were made to a damaged potable water main in the Crews Lake Road area.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a Mercedes turned left from U.S. 17 onto Avenue O, passing into the path of the ...