From botanical gardens and wildlife preserves to locally churned ice cream and Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, Lakeland is ...

The proposed increase could nearly double fees for typical residents over five years, and for businesses it could be far more ...

USA TODAY Network food writers fanned out across Florida, ordering filets, cowboy cuts and ribeyes that made us stop ...

Lakeland will put sensors on city vehicles, which will monitor for pavement problems while the vehicles go about their daily ...

MONDAY PM UPDATE: Polk County officials have reopened Scott Lake Road today. The road, between Fitzgerald Road and Old Scott Lake Road, was closed to through traffic since last Friday while ...

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 11 — Well, it was better than last year is about all you can say. But not by much. The No. 8/SN No. 8 St. Thomas Aquinas [Fort Lauderdale, FL] Raiders defeated the No. 47 Lakeland ...

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LAKELAND, Fla. — A sinkhole opened up on Friday near Scott Lake Road in Lakeland, by the same location where another sinkhole opened up in June. Both are on private property, and officials with the ...

Convicted of the 2020 murders of Edie Yates Henderson and David Henderson, Marcelle Waldon could get a death sentence Jan. 5.

More than five years after the brutal murders of Edie Yates Henderson and David Henderson in their Lakeland home, Marcelle ...

In early December 2025, Lakeland Industries reported a quarterly net loss of US$15.96 million, suspended its quarterly dividend, withdrew fiscal 2026 guidance, and announced its CFO will depart at ...

The Florida high school football season reaches its climax Thursday night when defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas (13-1) faces Lakeland (12-2) in a highly-anticipated rematch of last year’s ...