A ‘provider-shortage area’: Although new medical facilities are on the way, Polk County had less than half as many doctors ...

Life expectancy in Polk County is more than two years shorter than the statewide average — 76.2 years, compared with 78.6 for ...

Lakeland city commissioners will likely vote May 5 on a resolution to rename Webster Park after the late Civil Rights ...

There will be about 3,000 pots of plants for sale Saturday. They include shade-loving plants in a separate area. There are ...

Storks bring babies; volunteers bring swans. A special delivery arrived from Chicago at Lakeland Linder International Airport ...

Born on July 14, 1938, in Wildwood, Florida and grew up in Medulla and Mulberry, Florida. Norman passed away on April 15, 2025, in Lakeland, Florida. He served in the US Air Force as a crew chief on a ...

Beverly Stoffel Worthington, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on April 11, 2025, a couple weeks short of her 91st birthday. She was a graduate of the House of the Good Samaritan ...

Robert Lee McCormick (Bob, Rob) passed away at Lakeland Regional Hospital on April 9, 2025. Rob was born with his twin ...

Russell Clayton Silvers, age 102, went to be with the Lord on April 8, 2025, at Oak Manor Senior Living in Largo, Florida.