“You can go to your own bank or credit union and not pay any fee,” said Kimberly Palmer, personal finance expert at NerdWallet. Both NerdWallet and Bankrate offer tip sheets on exchanging coins for ...

Theodore Enns, 72, was leading a group of motorcyclists when his bike drifted over the center line and collided with another ...

Polk County's sheriff said the man had been acting bizarrely at a gas station, then swam through an alligator-laden lake into ...

Michael Strako, 38, died after being thrown from a homemade go-kart struck from behind by a Hyundai Elantra in Bartow, the ...

A tropical wave in the central Atlantic and another in the Caribbean are moving west as we approach the start of hurricane season.

Lake Wales city commissioners signaled support for annexing 1,202 acres in anticipation of the Stoneridge project. A binding ...

The U.S. Constitution has never required a balanced federal budget. The Founding Fathers avoided such a requirement in case of emergencies.

Polk County commissioners approved no-boating zones in newly designated swimming areas in three lakes over safety concerns.

As our president seeks resolution of the Ukrainian struggle, it cannot end in a forced Ukrainian capitulation.

I spent 32 years as a classroom teacher, seven under Ed Vetter at Bartow’s International Baccalaureate Program. He was, by far, the best principal I worked for, a cut above the rest. Accolades ...

Moses Ojeda had a first appearance in court May 19 and is being held without bond on a murder charge. He is scheduled for an ...

The Florida Board of Governors appointed Sumanth Neelam and Eliot Peace to the Board of Trustees of Florida Polytechnic ...