In the video above, hikers at the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida, marveled at the sight of this gigantic gator ...

President Donald Trump pardoned all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and ...

Some of the Jan. 6 rioters who received the longest sentences were right here in Florida. Will President Trump pardon them?

Southmayd and leaders from a state center run out of the University of Central Florida (UCF) briefed lawmakers on their ...

Four major barbecue competitions take place in four weeks across Polk County: Pigfest, Smoke OFF the Water, Grills Gone Wild ...

Gertrude Williams was born in Quincy in 1915, during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, and spent most of her life in Lakeland ...

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2024 law banning the radioactive short-form video app unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, finds an American buyer by Jan. 19. Lawmakers ...

"It was obvious on the field that Sammy was a little bit different than the rest of us," Alan Davis said of his Godby teammate. "He was very rare, really a next-level player." ...

while Republican governors in Texas and Florida bussing and flying immigrants to cities in states led by Democrats may also have added to it, Ramakrishnan said. Even now, though, immigration isn't ...

A New York style bagel shop founded in Central Florida a few years ago has announced plans for a new store in The Villages amidst an aggressive, multi-year expansion across the state and country.

The Polk Museum of Art has undergone a name change and tripled its exhibition space, transforming into the 52,000-square-foot ...