Readers helped pare more than 30 Polk County barbecue purveyors down to our Savory and Sweet 16. Here are the competitors.

Well-wishers lined the long route as Maj. Cody Khork was taken from Lakeland's airport to a funeral home in Winter Haven.

A Florida wildlife agency supervisor testified she didn't lie about complaints in a free speech lawsuit by a fired biologist.

A man entered an enclosure holding Moo Deng and her mother, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo said, adding that the pygmy hippos were unharmed.

When will spring get here? That depends on which "spring" you're referring to: astronomical or meteorological.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd spoke one day after he drew attention for saying that some undocumented immigrants should get ...

Taquiy Lewis, 27, pleaded guilty to gun and ammunition charges related to the 2020 Christmas Eve shooting that killed a ...

The Auburndale City Commission voted to approve an agreement with Jeff Brown, after voting at its Feb. 16 meeting to hire him as city manager.

The new sand mine proposal is 200 acres smaller than the original after the company negotiated with residents of Saddlebag Lake Resort.

Polk County, and much of Central Florida, could see severe weather the afternoon of March 16, followed by wind chills in the ...

Experts explain how water‑saturated sand can turn unstable, after a complex multi‑agency rescue highlighted real but misunderstood quicksand risks.

State gas prices rose for the second consecutive week and reached an average of $3.67 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, up from last week's price of $3.47 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy ...