BY ANITA TODD HAINES CITY – Sharon Ann Cook Gardner spent more than three decades shaping young minds in the Polk County School District, where she earned the admiration of generations of junior and ...

Community Encouraged to Help Feed Local Shelter Pets LAKELAND, FL – The Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) is proud to once again ...

The Haines City Rotary Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. It began with a Proclamation from the City.

Here are some Fourth of July events happening around Polk County, FL with dates, times, locations, and highlights: 🎆 Rockin’ Freedom Fest – Winter Haven (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park)• 6:00 ...

Battalion Chiefs Ramon Gonzalez and Charles True will be moving up the ranks to Deputy Chief positions effective next week. Gonzalez, who has been with PCFR since August 2010, will be the Deputy Chief ...

James Coulter To improve communications during emergencies such as hurricanes, the Polk County Utilities Division has been approved to purchase emergency operations communications equipment and ...

James Coulter An industrial warehouse being constructed at Laurel Estates will gain direct access to North Ridge Trail now that Polk County Commissioners have approved an agreement for improvements to ...

Traveling on a Budget with Carl & Shelly By Carl Fish Daily Ridge Media Seeing Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton has ...

Daily Ridge News Recent documents raise concerns about the severity of mold contamination at Polk State College’s Lakeland ...

Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at the PCSO Sheriff's Operations Center, 1891 Jim Keene Blvd in Winter Haven, about a Fentanyl drug ...

A Polk County Sheriff’s deputy once praised for his record-breaking efforts to get drunk drivers off the road has now found himself on the wrong side of the law. Deputy Justin Register, 28, resigned ...

A federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Haines City employee has reportedly ended in a $550,000 settlement, according to the plaintiff’s legal team. However, city officials indicate that the ...