Circuit Judge Torea Spohr, who took office in 2021, was assigned to one of six felony divisions in the 10th Judicial Circuit, based in Polk County.

Lake Region, George Jenkins, Mulberry and Lakeland Christian win championship games in softball district tournaments.

George Jenkins boys volleyball — in just the third year since the FHSAA sanctioned the sport — had just hoisted the Class 3A, ...

Lakeland police said Nicholas Lue, 26, of West Palm Beach, faces murder charges after further investigation into an Ariana ...

Lakeland Police arrested Ricardo Zelidon and charged him with fatally shooting Jessie Woullard, 45, inside his vehicle at the ...

Todd Michael Jackson was convicted and sentenced April 29 for the killings of Raymond and Crystal Ann Cline in 2020.

Despite Bartow Commissioners vote to keep fluoride in the city's water, a state bill expected to get the governor's signature ...

Florida Southern College in Lakeland sued Tremco CPG Inc. over its role in the installation of a roof system on Annie ...

Bartow nearly pulled off a two-out rally in the seventh. B Horsley singled with one out and advanced to second on a groundout. She scored when Kynley Quartermain reached on a bloop pop fly that was ...

The crash happened April 26 in front of the Bowlero on South Florida Avenue. The man died two days later at the hospital.

A rejuvenated Big Lots under new ownership is reopening locations across the country, with 132 stores coming back in May.

Anne Huffman won reelection to the Haines City Commission, defeating Horace L. West in a runoff. Huffman secured 53.39% of ...