Preview all of the adoptable pets at www.spcaflorida.org. To meet or adopt a pet located at SPCA Florida, stop by the Adoption Center Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Saturday ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

School board races are nonpartisan. The election will take place Aug. 20. Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518. Follow on X @garywhite13.

Sara Beth Wyatt has filed to seek a third term on the Polk County School Board. Wyatt, the youngest member of the seven-person board, filed paperwork this month to run in District 4. Candidates ...

A Lake Alfred commissioner was arrested Thursday afternoon and faces charges of possessing roughly 300 images of child pornography. Charles Oswald Lake, 90, was arrested by Polk County Sheriff's ...

Sanabria died at the scene. The investigation remains open and ongoing at this time. Sara-Megan Walsh can be reached at swalsh@theledger.com or 863-802-7545. Follow on X @SaraWalshFl.

Technical writers who have been around long enough to remember when cathode-ray tubes were used in television sets also remember when it made sense to use the term "high definition" when referring ...

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson of Lakeland is the third candidate for an open Florida House seat, seeking to succeed Rep. Melony Bell, R-Fort Meade. Jonsson filed Monday to run in District 49, which ...

MULBERRY — A Mulberry man was killed in a semi tractor-trailer collision Thursday afternoon on State Road 37. The Polk County Sheriff's Office homicide unit is investigating the fatal accident ...

MULBERRY — A Mulberry man was killed in a semi tractor-trailer collision Thursday afternoon on State Road 37. The Polk County Sheriff's Office homicide unit is investigating the fatal accident that ...

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson of Lakeland is the third candidate for an open Florida House seat, seeking to succeed Rep. Melony Bell, R-Fort Meade. Jonsson filed Monday to run in District 49, which covers ...

HAINES CITY — A 6-year-old Haines City boy was hit getting off the school bus by a drunken driver on Wednesday afternoon, according to Polk County Sheriff's Office. Robert Reedy, 67, has been ...