A Lakeland man injured multiple people when he crashed into two vehicles while fleeing Florida Highway Patrol troopers on ...

A very public bowel movement was put to use when a Florida couple needed a distraction for large-scale shoplifting, according ...

A 22-year-old was allegedly driving a stolen car with a gun, drugs, money and ammunition inside in Polk County when he fled ...

The Florida Air Museum in Lakeland was started in 1980s and now has a collection of homebuilt and experimental aircraft, as ...

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Polk County commissioners voted unanimously to put a levy on the May ballot to fund operations at the fairgrounds and make ...

Here are some of the key events in the infighting rending Polk County government, dating from the disputed choice of county administrator.

It wasn't related to the crash at Kathleen Road and George Jenkins Boulevard. A suspect was running from the Polk Sheriff's ...

In addition to overseeing the county and its budget, the board makes key decisions that impact regional economic development, establish tax levies, enact ordinances, appoint individuals who serve on ...

A Florida man convicted of murdering a husband and wife during a fishing trip in 1997 is scheduled to be executed next month.

James Ford, who was convicted in the 1997 murders of Greg and Kimberly Malnory, a Charlotte County couple, now is set to be ...

Five Points Elementary School will be closing at the end of the school year. This is all due to the county’s half-cent sales ...