First hired at Florida Polytechnic University in 2023, Kelli Stargel received a promotion in March to a vice president role.

Polk residents are asked to narrow down the area's most flavorful eight ice cream shops to the most refreshing four.

UF will honor Billy Donvan before Florida football's opener against LIU for his induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall ...

As Polk County’s high school football teams went through preseason practice, The Ledger spotlighted the top senior prospects, ...

Hurricane Erin has begun to move away from the North Carolina coast, although beachgoers are still cautioned against swimming ...

Orlando Health will hold a hiring event Aug. 23 at the Auburndale Community Center for the Lakeland Highlands hospital now under construction.

Polk County Public Schools will hold town halls for schools in the southwest, northwest, central, northeast and southeast ...

Polk State College needs $7.5 million more to complete construction of the Haines City-Davenport campus, President Angela Garcia Falconetti said.

Frostproof got off to a fast start to the season. While other teams were playing in their kickoff classics last week, the Bulldogs opened their regular season with a 34-point victory over Clewiston.

Rick Nolte, who died at age 69, was in his first term on the Polk County School Board after ousting incumbent Sarah Fortney ...

Lakeland candidate Don Burns has withdrawn his candidacy for Lakeland's District B Northeast seat this November.

Will there be a billion-dollar jackpot in summer 2025? Powerball drawings are at 11 pm ET every Monday, Wednesday and ...