Polk State College

The local unemployment rate fell in April, but it was a lackluster month for the job market. Polk County's jobless rate was 7.4 percent last month, down from 9.3 percent the year before and 7.7 percent in March, according to state workforce data...

Seminole State College is among nine schools in Florida that offer contracts to their presidents that violate a state law capping severance pay at 20 weeks, according to a report released Monday by Florida's Chief Inspector General. Those findings are...

The Lakeland and Winter Haven chambers of commerce are sponsoring a fall cruise on the Danube River, the scenic waterway through the heart of Europe, for fun and profit. "Anyone who goes will find it delightful," said Larry Durrence, the retired...

Brevard Community College has the highest graduation rate of Central Florida's community colleges, according to a database the U.S. Department of Education unveiled last week. Lake-Sumter State College has the second highest. Graduation rates are among...

Here are schedules and brackets for boys basketball shootouts, classics and tournaments in the 2012-13 season. We'll continue to add to the list as matchups are sent to us: Kingdom of the Sun Dec. 26-29 at Ocala Vanguard Wednesday: Game 1) Coral...

TALLAHASSEE -- Slapping an Internet high-five to my impressionable young sidekick, Brendan Bures, for this one. As we get set for the start of men's basketball practices at Florida State, he has has us all squared away with quite an impressive preseason...

Top Select Volleyball Academy 17 VB Rags won the 17 American division at the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships in Columbus, Ohio. The team finished with a 9-2 record and defeated Texas-based Instinct 25-27, 25-13, 15-12 in the championship...

Name, Prep School and/or High School, College Cedric Blossom, Montrose Christian / Hammond, MORGAN STATE Greg Brown, Archbishop Spalding, ST. FRANCIS (PA.) JJ Butler, Patterson Mill, LIPSCOMB Sam Cassell Jr., Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) / St. Frances,...

Waiting two years for a shot at Division I basketball was something Davon Usher  had accepted over time. But the six extra weeks the former Digital Harbor star spent hoping for that elusive DI offer seemed nearly interminable. Usher, a 6-foot-6, 190-...

Students at Polk State College wolfed down sandwiches slathered with Nutella and peanut butter today to raise money for two freshmen who were shot to death last week. The eating contest, held on the lawn outside the Winter Haven Student Center,...

The president of a California community college has been named the new president of Joliet Junior College. Debra Daniels will start March 1 as the …...

Polk and Seminole counties are home to Florida's fastest growing two-year colleges, according to a study by Community College Week. The publication recently released a national ranking of community colleges and state colleges with enrollments of 10,000 or...