A South Carolina man was sentenced to serve over 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to criminal sexual acts involving ...

Jesse Bernard Floyd, 24, plead guilty to charges of attempted statutory sexual offense with a child 15 years of age or ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - An 82-year-old North Carolina man has been arrested in Lakeland after allegedly stabbing a man during a ...

According to the study released Friday, the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area, which encompasses all of Polk County ... It was followed by Charlotte, North Carolina, and Phoenix, Arizona.

The man met and befriended the child on a social media website and started soliciting the child for nude pictures and sex, ...

Households can apply for both LIEAP and the Disaster Energy Assistance funding. Households with heating services or systems that require repairs, are currently inoperable, have been disconnected or ...

The agreement projects an annual supply of 12 million gasoline-equivalent gallons (GGE) once the stations are fully ...

Biologists often share how bears do a lot of roaming, especially young adult males who are forced to leave their mother when ...

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

In 2024 a record, 80% of animals in county shelters were released alive, making Polk County much closer to reaching its goal of becoming a no-kill county this year.

A suspect who fled in a stolen vehicle before colliding with two other cars has been arrested in Lakeland, according to ...

The plan would raise the fee for warehouses from $539 to $2,192 per 1,000 square feet and from $539 to $1,539 per 1,000 ...