Melony Bell has ousted one of Polk County’s longest-serving elected officials. Bell, who left the Florida Legislature to challenge Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards, captured Tuesday’s ...

Republican candidates, three of them incumbents, easily won Tuesday’s five elections for seats in the Florida Legislature in districts that contain parts of Polk County. The results continue a trend ...

It's Election Day 2024, and The Ledger caught up with a couple of voters outside the Coleman Bush Building in Lakeland.

Some voters in Polk County headed to the polls Tuesday while still dealing with flooding or other hardships caused by ...

City officials and veterinarian Price Dickson said, on average, about one swan per month was killed by vehicles over the past year.

The 44th annual Swan Roundup in Lakeland experienced a decline in participation, with fewer swans present compared to ...

Here's our Week 12 Florida high school football Super 25 rankings. Lakeland returns to the No. 1 spot and Chaminade-Madonna moves up to No. 2.

Demand for hurricane supplies drives sales boost at Publix. Lakeland-based grocer reports stock price increase.

Election Day 2024 is here. Final voting for the general election will take place Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Polk County ...

Newly released data from Realtor.com for August shows that potential buyers and sellers in Polk County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month's median of $290,000.

Rick Rousos, who spent 27 years with The Ledger, covered a variety of beats and thrived as an investigative reporter. He died ...

Republicans Scott Franklin, Daniel Webster and Laurel Lee, and Democrat Darren Soto had little trouble keeping their seats.