This week's featured SPCA pets include the cuddly pups French Fry and Betty and the lovable kitties St. Francis and Begonia.

Amid the summer swelter, where is Polk County's sweetest scoop? Help us narrow it down in The Ledger's bracket-style contest.

Two candidates, Don Burns and Terry Coney, have filed to run for Lakeland's Northeast District seat this November.

Construction at "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new immigrant detention center, has been halted while a judge hears arguments ...

Calls from "Evelyn" of "Lending Union" asking for more info about your loan are fake, the BBB said. Here's what to do.

Carol Ann Riley was reported missing out of San Diego County, California, and the unidentified remains were found just over a year later in 1987.

"Apollo 13" heads to theaters for film's 30th anniversary, tells the Jim Lovell-led story of a near-disastrous NASA mission. Lovell died Aug. 7, 2025.

Got a sweet tooth? Treat it to some discounted, or even free, frozen custard today at these five Florida chains ...