Polk County teachers’ union risks decertification as membership falls below state thresholds; recertification vote.

The Polk Education Association needs at least 50% of eligible employees to return ballots or the union will be decertified.

After losing his wealth and family to addiction, Winter Haven native Steve Kalogridis shares his journey to a decade of ...

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Some experts suspect human interaction may be a factor as great hammerheads are particularly vulnerable to dying after being ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man in the parking lot of a Lakeland shopping center the morning of Aug. 3. The incident occurred after an automated license plate reader detected the ...

The former estate of Charles N. Hunt at 1212 Hallam Drive in Lakeland is a small island of old Florida charm set in a sea of tightly packed neighborhoods. Lakeland-based builder Hulbert Homes won ...

Memphis Grizzlies guard Walter Clayton Jr. hosted his first basketball camp at Lake Wales High School. Roy Fuoco. Watch Next ...

Since joining the Winter Haven City Commission earlier this year, one issue has surfaced again and again in conversations with residents: growth. Whether I am at a community event, a neighborhood ...

Kay Fields, pursuing a seventh term on the Polk County School Board, has a well-funded opponent in Sam Neelam, CEO of a ...

“You heard right, we are opening on Aug. 3,” franchise owner-operator David Corriveau said when asked about the opening date for the new Culver's at 1395 N. Holland Parkway in Bartow. On opening day, ...

Justin Sharpless, seeking a second term on the Polk County School Board, contends with Kasen Hampton, a 19-year-old ...