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Haines City junior quarterback Zebrielle Canaday scored the game-winning touchdown against Durant High School to put the Hornets up 19-13 in the Class 4A first round of regionals with just 10 seconds ...
A settlement has been reached after litigation over Florida's critic-called "Don't Say Gay" law – and both sides are claiming victory.
The dog abandoned on I-75 as Hurricane Milton approached is now in the care of the Leon County Humane Society.
Moms for Liberty members make up half of a group to advise Florida school districts on how to select titles and when to pull them off of shelves.
Florida's Department of Health agreed to a settlement requiring it to provide more detailed COVID-19 data, after a group sued in 2021 for the release of records during the state's COVID-19 surge. The ...
Nashville-based Bridgestone Americas plans to shutter its tire plant located in La Vergne, Tennessee, later this year, which will leave 700 workers based in Rutherford County without jobs. The U.S.
Judge Mary Catherine Green of the 10th Judicial Circuit Court in Polk County, Florida, will retire on July 31 after 26 years of service. Green, 63, is retiring early, citing a desire to move on to the ...
The clinic expands on Lakeland Regional Health's behavioral health care with a 5,250 square feet of office space. The new location will offer adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, adult, ...
In a reversal of the standard sequence, Emily Burse received a bachelor’s degree from Polk State College 23 days before graduating from high school.
It was a stellar week for Polk County athletes as one county athlete won a state title and nine athletes won at least one even at their respective region track meets while others came up big in ...
Some would suggest that the first verse of the first book of the Bible (Genesis 1:1) as its oldest: “In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth.” Yet there are passages in the ...
Kane, a Pit Bull Terrier, spent 1,129 days at a shelter. A couple carved space for him in their home.