A 38-year-old Lakeland man was shot and killed early Sunday morning outside the Jade Fox Lounge as patrons were leaving at closing time.

Spring Training marks the team's 90th campaign at TigerTown in Lakeland, the longest current relationship between a Major ...

Residents voiced opposition and additional concerns: on-going flooding, increasing traffic and speeding, a lack of street ...

Haus 820 owner Laura Shannon said she couldn’t move forward with the $1.1 million purchase of her building, knowing the city ...

Beginning Feb. 18, the office of Rep. Jennifer Canady's will hold office hours at the Lakeland Public Library main branch on ...

A Polk County planning group on Thursday rejected a planned truck refueling stop at the location of a key wildlife corridor crossing over Interstate 4.

Lakeland renewed its Bronze bikeability rating in 2026. Here’s what riders and city officials say needs to change for the city to reach Silver.

Lakeland Horticulturist Stacy Smith has a simple message for residents worried about brown leaves or drooping plants after several nights of sub-freezing temperatures: Don’t panic. “I know a lot of ...

Jeannette P. Eady passed away on January 23, 2026, at the age of 79, after a 10-year journey with Alzheimer’s disease. Up until the end her kindness, grace, compassion, appreciation of faith, love of ...

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Lakeland’s city elections are just over a month away. In the balance are three City Commission seats, including the mayor, as well as three ballot amendments that would make changes to the city ...

Moved to Florida from Pennsylvania at the age of five. I have been married for 26years to my wife Niki, a professor of nursing at Polk State University. We have three grown children. My oldest son, ...