Fort Meade achieved a 2024 FHSAA Rural Football Division B state title for the first time since 2004, as the Miners wrapped ...

Greater Winter Haven Youth Football president Zach Shelby said community support has been strong for the new youth football program.

The projects aim to address explosive growth in Polk with transportation, solid waste, water and public safety projects, ...

In his first year, Florida Southern College President Jeremy Martin said he emphasized that everyone on campus should be "a ...

Students returned to a rebuilt Elbert Elementary School after spending the previous two years at Scenic Terrace, a temporary ...

Several federal agencies and the Air Force have stopped using a variant of the gun because of reports of accidental firing.

With a rich history and ornate surroundings, the vias of Worth Avenue are destinations in themselves. Learn more.

Parents drop off students at Elbert Elementary in Winter Haven on Aug. 11, 2025. The original school, built in 1962, was torn down and rebuilt for a modernization. Julie Thomas , Principal of Elbert ...

The restaurant closed for a day after an inspector found rodent droppings. Twenty-one other vendors fell short of standards July 14-31. See why.

Florida's month-long sales tax holiday on school supplies started Aug. 1 and will continue through Aug. 31, an extension from prior years of a two-week sales tax holiday. Several new laws went into ...

The Ledger's Super 16 countdown begins, and the senior class is so deep that we've added two players to the countdown.

President Donald Trump is expected to speak on crime in Washington, D.C. on Monday Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. eastern. Watch the press conference.