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

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 ...

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 ...

A new Latin fusion restaurant has opened on South Florida Avenue. Fusion&Sabor Kitchen opened in March, in Courtyard Center ...

On Monday, the commission was voting on whether to allow Southeastern University ’s development of an Early Childhood ...

Alan Kenneth Osban, 70, died April 6, 2025 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale after a brief illness. Alan was a welder and an avid fisherman. He also was a motorcycle and NASCAR enthusiast. He is ...

William Ronald “Ron” Jeffries passed away April 5, 2025, at the age of 87. Ron was born on September 19, 1937, in Lakeland, Florida, and was a descendant of a pioneering Polk County family. He ...

Robert L. Reid III, 67, a loving and devoted husband, father, son, and brother, passed away after a courageous battle with ...