The average fuel price in state rose about 7 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in the ...

Florida law permits firework use on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and the Fourth of July. Fireworks can be purchased at ...

Much remains unresolved: The threat to Israel is eased, not gone. Iran’s desperately ruinous, immoral and inhumane regime remains intact, though damaged. The future of Yemen, the Kurds, Iraq, ...

This week's SPCA pets include a couple of affectionate and playful hounds and two cats -- one young and adventurous, the ...

Four of Polk State College's six trustees rated President Angela Garcia Falconetti as achieving expectations in every measure ...

The deputy was praised in February for making more than 200 DUI arrests last year. Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said all of his ...

Free speech or disruptive behavior? After a viral confrontation with a conservative social media personality in May, the LDDA ...

Ed Vetter helped establish Polk's first International Baccalaureate program and led it to become one of Florida's ...

Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell cited "a political atmosphere" in explaning her decision not to hold outreach at Pride in ...

It's been a long journey for Bartow and Lake Wales Walter Clayton Jr. But now, Clayton Jr. was drafted by the Utah Jazz.

As Gov. DeSantis rushes "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, into operation, Florida ...

For more than 30 years, The Ledger has honored the top scholar-athletes in Polk County and continues that tradition this year ...