As of Feb. 14, there are 17 Florida counties with a drought index over 500, which indicates drought and increased fire danger ...

On Feb. 1 at the Carber Recreation Center in Bartow, the inaugural Girls Polk County Championships, also known as the Girls ...

Shell’s passion for teaching was sparked as a 14-year-old when he tutored and mentored younger kids at the Boys & Girls Club of Polk County. Shortly after, he founded the nonprofit Positive Leaders of ...

The Day of Service and Love is an annual tradition across Broward County schools, created to ensure that the memory of those who were killed or injured in Parkland remains a lasting call for change, ...

These Florida school districts removed bestselling and award-winning romance novels from their shelves in the last two school ...

Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone reveals how much money new school bus cameras have generated for districts and the profit-making companies behind the lenses.

At an unruly Town Commission meeting, residents shouted their anger about traffic, water, infrastructure and other ails of new development.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is blocking mentions of Taylor Cadle in comments on its social media accounts, Mother Jones ...

The announcement that the National Institutes of Health will cap funding for medical research has researchers fearful that their work will be decimated, NPR reports. The move could cost institutions ...

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 years and father.