POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The 16-year-old girl killed in the multi-vehicle crash in Winter Haven early Monday was set to attend her first cheerleading practice that afternoon, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd ...

Haines City (4-3) will play Poinciana (4-2) 7:30 p.m. next Friday at home, while Winter Haven (3-4) will play George Jenkins ...

Haines City can remain with at least of first place in its district with a win, while Winter Haven needs a win to keep its ...

Family and friends remember 16-year-old Adinaluz Prieto Oyola, killed in a Polk County school bus crash. Full details here.

Tina Griffin is trying to navigate life without her son, Deshawn Smith, who was killed Monday morning when his Jeep was struck head-on by a school bus in Winter Haven. "He was everything to me," ...

Deputies arrested two people Monday after an investigation into retail thefts and a stolen vehicle spanning Polk and Osceola ...

Polk County Commission voted Oct. 6 to terminate CareerSource Polk CEO Stacey Campbell-Domineck in a 3-2 vote, and dissolve the agency's board.

Flagship Healthcare Properties, an outpatient healthcare real estate firm, has sold a medical office building in Polk County ...

Florida has reported 252 locally acquired dengue cases this year as a UF study finds Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Indian River ...

Experienced Business Leader Michael Grant Opens Locally Owned Healthcare Staffing Agency Serving Central FloridaOSCEOLA COUNTY, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 7, 2026 / NEXTAFF, a leading provider of ...