The games take place from Friday through Sunday at Mulberry High School in Polk County, and include players from championship ...

Our dream at Lakeland United FC, since our official inception in 2021, was to always create a full pathway for soccer in our community, from early age all the way to the college soccer and pro soccer ...

Those catastrophes contributed to a 90% decline in orange production over the past two decades. Citrus groves in Florida, ...

Lakeland Police issued a missing child alert for a 10-year-old boy last seen in Lakeland on March 13. Police said Julius Cabbagestalk was last seen around 4 p.m. near his home in the 1800 block of ...

A new grant is helping spread awareness about a mission at SPCA Florida: keeping senior dogs in their homes and out of the animal shelter. On Thursday morning, Stella, a ...

Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well as for the agricultural Midwest, according to a Stateline analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau county ...

Polk County is one of the lowest-funded school districts in the state, ranking 63rd out of 67 counties for per-pupil funding.

Polk County’s children are at a disadvantage when it comes to learning, according to the latest Child Well-Being Index by the ...

In any other year, Polk County teachers would be thrilled with the hard-fought contract, likely to be approved by the school ...

Theft suspects in Florida have been deemed “Ms. Dookie” and “Mr. Clean” after using a unique and unsanitary distraction on employees.