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Waste Management, Waste Pro and Trash Taxi were selected Friday to take over residential garbage collection in various parts of Polk County starting next year.

Five forest rangers from the Lakeland District of the Florida Forest Service are out West today, sent to help battle wildfires burning in three states.

Commissioner Justin Troller took a prosecutorial tone Friday as he questioned Lakeland Police Chief Larry Giddens and his department's report on marijuana and decriminalizing misdemeanor-grade possession.

Polk County Utilities has reported a water main break in Babson Park on Aldo Drive.

Business leaders in Lake Wales welcomed nearly 500 of the charter school district’s teachers and administrators back to the classroom with a rally today, hoping to express appreciation and get the new school year off with a bang.

A 31-year-old South Carolina man is in the Polk County Jail facing two felony theft charges based on video that shows a man taking high-end cell phones while store clerks were distracted, according to Winter Haven police.

Lakeland City Commission discusses marijuana decriminalization at morning agenda study.

A traffic stop resulted in a search for the driver by Lakeland police officers along Harden Boulevard on Thursday afternoon.

A man who had recently been released from prison after serving time for a road rage killing has been shot and killed during another road rage encounter in Florida.