As Lakeland commissioners approve a community development district, nearby residents and some commissioners want to turn the ...

The 2024 cheer season is upon us. And Lakeland is off to a very good start once more thanks to back spot Amaya Thoene, who ...

Morgan Ortagus, an Auburndale native and a graduate of Florida Southern College, served in the Bush, Obama and first Trump administrations.

Fluoridation of the city's drinking water gets its first discussion in a Lakeland City Commission meeting, as a nurse urges ...

Daniel Angeles-Dimas was reported missing on Jan. 2 after having last been seen the previous day, the Polk County Sheriff's ...

Chasen Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound Sanford native, started four games at cornerback for the Knights as a true freshman in ...

According to a preliminary report from detectives, it appears that the boy suffered an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot ...

The National Weather Service expected to issue a cold weather advisory for Polk County starting at 4 a.m. Tuesday, ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a van attempted to make a left turn onto U.S. 27 and pulled into the path of the oncoming motorcycle.

In his monthly column, Thomas R. Oldt talks with Lakeland psychologist Shelby Mathias about grief, addiction and society's ...

Lakeland's Keon Young put on a show in the Under Armour All-American game. But it was his family and different coaching ...

A dead bat found in a dog kennel in Fort Meade is Polk County's sixth confirmed case of rabies for 2024, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. In a Friday news release, the Sheriff's Office said ...