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Highland City, Florida. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Polk. Associated ZIP codes: 33846.
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With hurricane season fast approaching, U.S. Senator Ashley Moody visited Bartow on Friday to announce the release of $1.5 billion in FEMA disaster reimburse...
The state House candidate and University of South Florida student who was arrested and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest without violence does no...
The vice president was in Florida stumping for the Byron Donalds, but also took jabs at Democratic Senate Hopeful Angie Nixon.
During a rally in Lakeland for GOP candidates, Vice President JD Vance admitted that Republicans are in the midst of a "live fight."
With JD Vance headed to Lakeland on Thursday to campaign for Byron Donalds, some are asking if Trump’s influence is waning with voters.
Alexis "Lexi" Kramer, 22, of Lakeland, Fla., was the passenger in a speeding McLaren that also killed the driver, South OC Cars and Coffee co-founder James W...
Lakeland Police said officers had responded to the single-vehicle crash on Sept. 9 and discovered the driver had gone through a road-closure sign and sandbag...
The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver may have suffered a medical episode before her car struck a concrete barrier near Daryl Carter Parkway in Orange C...
The family of a woman whose 2011 murder in Milwaukee made national headlines is hoping to recover sentimental belongings after a storage unit containing the...
A mother has been arrested in connection with the death of her 6-month-old son, according to the Lakeland Police Department.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, as of 6:30 am, it is being called a major crash. There is no word on injuries.
LAKELAND, Fla., May 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern College marked a historic milestone on Saturday, May 2, as it conferred degrees upon 583 graduat...
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The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
U.S. Rep. Donalds, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was elected Florida's first Black governor on Tuesday.
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Highland City is in Polk County, Florida.
Region: Central Florida
33846
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The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
U.S. Rep. Donalds, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was elected Florida's first Black governor on Tuesday.
Highland City, between Lakeland and Bartow in Polk County, was the site of Fort Fraser, built by the Army in 1837 during the Second Seminole War and briefly commanded by Zachary Taylor, later president. The fort was abandoned soon after it was built.
In 1885 the Pemberton Ferry Branch of the South Florida Railroad was finished between Lakeland and Bartow, and the area was the only stop between them. The stop and village were named Haskell, for brothers who invested in the railroad: E. B. Haskell, a Boston newspaper publisher, and Dr. C. C. Haskell of Maitland, an original stakeholder. The railroad's locomotive No. 6 was named the E. B. Haskell. The railroad built the Haskell freight depot along the road that later became U.S. Highway 98. Sources Wikipedia: Highland City, Florida
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