The City Commission approved a $268,000 plan to treat Crystal Lake with a product that could help sunlight reach the bottom of the 12- to 15-foot-deep lake for the first time in a very long time.

A Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured Friday evening after being knocked down by a loose longhorn bull running through a busy Lakeland intersection. According to Carrie Horstman, Public ...

The Florida Department of Education determines ... The other Polk County schools on turnaround status are North Lakeland Elementary, Crystal Lake Middle, McLaughlin Academy of Excellence ...