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

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

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 ...

From bars to burial sites, hotels to high schools, these places are notable in the Black history of Palm Beach County.

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses, which are sickening students and staff. Here's what parents need to know.

Mother's ministroke spured Haines City girls basketball player Terionce Jackson to dominance, which helped the Hornets win ...

Read full article: SUPER BOWL TIES: Central Florida high school football coach has former ... Read full article: 1 killed, 1 hurt in head-on Polk County crash, sheriff’s office says A head ...

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 ...

Now, a Polk County jury has found the 17-year-old not guilty. According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Lincoln County ...

The teen's legal defense argued that his mother sought out 'Suicide by Son'. His grandparents spoke about what led up to that ...

Lake Wales City Commissioners voted 5-0 to delay action on a proposed resolution stating opposition to the Central Polk ...