Vote now on which Polk County high school volleyball had the best week. This poll will end 8 p.m. Sept. 30, 2026.

Green Horizon Land Trust has purchased a 19-acre parcel overlooking Crooked Lake and plans to reestablish the historical ...

Jurors heard a recording of TJ Wiggins denying involvement in the 2020 Frostproof killings, as ballistics experts testified about bullets.

Rural King Farm and Home Store is eyeing a possible location in Lakeland. The Illinois-based farm and home retailer filed a conceptual plan with Lakeland on Sept. 21 for a possible new location at ...

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, first responders arrived to find a 44-year-old motorcyclist from Lakeland with serious injuries. He was taken to a local hospital.

There are 11 district games on the schedule for Week 6 of the high school football season. Here are Ledger writer Roy Fuoco's predictions.

Chad Allison, Polk County's land and water natural areas manager, background, and Jenna Lester, environmental specialist, light overgrowth on fire along the Eagle Roost trail at Circle B Bar Reserve ...

Five weeks have been played in the 2026 high school football season, and for many teams, offensive production is spread ...

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital will donate $1 million over five years to the Polk State College ...

A building on Florida Avenue, just south of Main Street in Lakeland was being demolished on Sept. 16, 2026. The building, which was built in 1922, was the original site of The Ledger when it opened as ...

The long-awaited expansion of Bowen Yard is underway in downtown Winter Haven. And a handful of new businesses are set to ...

Polk County contributed $500,000 toward the $6.45 million the state agency paid for a conservation easement on the 916-acre G-3 Ranch property.