For the past month, Ledger readers have whittled more than 40 of Polk's best barbecue purveyors to the final two. There can ...

A record 44 candidates have filed to run for Florida governor, breaking the previous record of 21 set eight years ago.

Duke Watson averaged 8.9 yards per carry and scored five times as a freshman in 2024. He hopes to replicate those numbers at ...

Roloff had to adjust his game to his role as a center back. As a midfielder and as an outside back, he could be aggressive ...

Lakeland Christian's Micah Roloff is the boys soccer player of the year, and Lake Wales' is the coach of the year.

10 McKeel pitcher Chloe Lanier (softball) allowed three runs on four hits in 14 innings in wins over Lakeland Christian and ...

The decision on whether to approve a relocation to Memorial Boulevard was pushed to April 20 after a legal problem arose with ...

Polk County Manager Bill Beasley discussed his retirement date at the commissioners' annual planning retreat on March 26 in ...

The Artemis II crew will be the first humans to see parts of the moon's far side never before witnessed by human eyes.

NASA's Artemis II crew is making history, traveling farther from Earth than any astronauts before. Here's how far they will go Monday.

As a senior, McKeel's Abigail Lovelady became an even bigger offensive threat and is The Ledger's girls soccer player of the ...

Feeling egg-stra lucky? Powerball lottery jackpot for Monday, April 6, 2026, the day after the Easter holiday, was a whopping ...