For this fiscal year, only applicants scoring 95 or higher can expect to receive their full requests for Florida's arts and ...

Another local school district is sounding the alarm about a current federal funding freeze that’s keeping almost $400 million ...

Alexander Katchalov, a 28-year-old registered sex offender, is now charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious battery on a ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hope you’re hungry, it’s Burger Week in Polk County. This Friday marks the start of the second annual Burger Week, a celebration of the beloved American dish, which takes ...

One person died after a small car and a dump truck crashed early Friday, causing a fire, according to the Polk County Sheriff ...

A Bradenton mother was charged with driving under the influence after troopers said she drove nearly four times the legal alcohol limit on Interstate 275 in Tampa with her 3-year-old son in the ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A former gymnastics coach, already a registered sex offender, finds himself behind bars once again. What began as a missing person ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a former gymnastics coach on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, after he confessed to detectives that he had sexual intercourse twice with a girl he was coaching when ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – One person is dead following a two-vehicle collision involving a small car and a dump truck that occurred Friday morning on County Road 557 and Polk City Road, between Lake Alfred ...