For more than 30 years, The Ledger has honored the top scholar-athletes in Polk County and continues that tradition this year with an impressive list of nearly 150 athletes who excelled in the ...

LAKELAND — John Kostuch began his high school career at Ridge Community but transferred to Winter Haven in part when Carl White left Ridge to take over the Blue Devils’ football program. More ...

Haines City junior quarterback Zebrielle Canaday scored the game-winning touchdown against Durant High School to put the Hornets up 19-13 in the Class 4A first round of regionals with just 10 seconds ...

The clinic expands on Lakeland Regional Health's behavioral health care with a 5,250 square feet of office space. The new location will offer adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, adult, ...

In a reversal of the standard sequence, Emily Burse received a bachelor’s degree from Polk State College 23 days before graduating from high school.

Lakeland officials have chosen to honor philanthropic local builder John Rodda, who died in 2018, with a three-field sports complex at Lake Crago Park.

It was a stellar week for Polk County athletes as one county athlete won a state title and nine athletes won at least one even at their respective region track meets while others came up big in ...

A Lakeland woman died Friday in a motorcycle crash on U.S. 98 North, the Lakeland Police Department reported, the second motorcycle fatality on the highway in North Lakeland in as many days.

Judge Mary Catherine Green of the 10th Judicial Circuit Court in Polk County, Florida, will retire on July 31 after 26 years of service. Green, 63, is retiring early, citing a desire to move on to the ...

Nashville-based Bridgestone Americas plans to shutter its tire plant located in La Vergne, Tennessee, later this year, which will leave 700 workers based in Rutherford County without jobs. The U.S.

'Trump Alleged Shooter' sends letter to Palm Beach Post The letter's author, supposedly in jail, ruminates on Palm Beach County voters' role in the upcoming election.

Amendment 4 on the Floriday ballot would allow abortions up to "fetal viability," usually around 24 weeks, instead of current six.