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The white cowboy hats that Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and his deputies have been sporting recently were funded by a donor ...

Republicans sweep local races; new office holders are Becky Troutman at County Commission and Jennifer Kincart Jonsson in the ...

Even before Polk County’s 172 precincts open for Election Day voting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, more than 51% of eligible voters had ...

It took about two weeks, but water testing shows that Lakeland's lakes have recovered from the 5,187,000 gallons of ...

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NAPLES | Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott easily defeated former Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to win a second ...

It was largely smooth sailing at polling sites around Lakeland on Tuesday. A detour stymied some voters near Lake Bonny, but ...

A charter school that aims to send low-income students to college exceeded its enrollment expectations when it opened in ...

Forty-four swans were collected on Lake Morton this week during the city of Lakeland’s Swan Roundup, and the veterinarian who ...

Saturday will be a month that our house has been underwater, and (the water is) finally out. But the lack of anything being ...

Around 100 Lakeland Electric customers still lack power after Hurricane Milton. These are residents who need to make costly ...