Hurricane Milton, and the flooding it brought with it, was a “shock” to the Lakeland Police Department’s Dive Team.

An influx of new businesses is contributing to Lakeland being one of the biggest boomtowns in the country. A new study by ...

Dedication of the Lakeland Post Office to honor public servant and former Postmaster Nell Patten Roquemore will be held from 10-11:30 a.m., Thursday July 31 at Roquemore Memorial Park, 230 Highsmith ...

Five of the fastest-growing cities or 'boomtowns' in the country are in Florida and one of them is in Polk County.

It still feels like summer outside, but summer break for school children is rapidly drawing to a close. Lakeland Schools students will head back to school on Aug. 7. Here is when public schools in the ...

Lakeland, Florida officials are looking to revitalize a 6-mile stretch of Memorial Boulevard. The plan divides the boulevard ...

Three Lakeland residents face RICO charges for a massive bank fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake.

This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Here's when Bartlett City Schools students go back to class for the 2025-26 school year It certainly doesn't feel like it, but summer is ...

Another rainy season is revealing a Lakeland community’s same old problem. After some heavy-but-typical afternoon downpours, part of the Citrus Center Colony neighborhood transforms into a lake.

Lakeland officials gave a greenlight for a new townhouse development in the Kathleen area, immediately adjacent to two ...

Lakeland commissioners approved the construction of 30 townhomes despite density and traffic concerns. The project, part of the city's Affordable Housing Land Bank Program, will be built on a 1.8-acre ...

Polk County's landfill disposal fees will rise on Oct. 1 and nine cities fill face higher costs. Here's a glimpse at what ...