The reprimand before the Florida Supreme Court came as Judge John Flynn has faced motions to disqualify himself from some ...

The location’s surrounding orange groves, many of which are no longer in full production, present an opportunity to be converted into King Grass cultivation—one of Blue Biofuels’ key energy crops.

Nine Polk County football players will play college football next season after signing with a college on Wednesday.

Waste haulers in the county would bring garbage and recycling to the proposed facility for sorting and ship it out, likely to ...

Drivers will start seeing heavy equipment and an increased number of crews along I-4 east of U.S. 27, the Florida Department ...

LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern College is proud to announce that Polk County's 2024 Teacher of the Year, Cynara Appling, has been awarded a full scholarship to ...

Among his proposals, DeSantis calls for an additional $246 million toward teacher pay, as part of a yearslong effort to improve starting salaries above $47,500. District also can use a portion of the ...

Polk County has accepted a nearly $840,000 settlement agreement from a recently-defunct nonprofit. Why it matters: The ...

Chicken Salad Chick, boasting "made-from-scratch chicken salad flavors," says it'll offer free chicken salad for a year to the first 100 people in line.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has asked state legislators to double their spending to date on Hurricane Helene recovery and ...

Hyper-criminalized migrant sex workers show us how everyday people evade, defy and resist state control and punishment.