A former CEO of the Shula Restaurant Group plans to convert the historic Florida National Bank building in downtown Lakeland ...

Benefits of reconstructing Lakeland Hills Boulevard include a raised median, improved turn lanes and wider sidewalks, but be prepared for delays until it's finished.

A judge has ruled that the statements of a then-11-year-old girl, the lone survivor of her family’s north Lakeland mass ...

Sarah McKay, who was born 98 years ago in Lakeland and paved the way for women to lead local civic boards, died Tuesday at ...

A telehealth program implemented in Polk public schools more than two years ago has been used 11,308 times, with mental health therapy sessions rising in the second year and physical health visits ...

The Lakeland City Commission approved a $731 million city budget for fiscal year 2025 with no increase in the property tax ...

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In the first five weeks of this school year, Polk County could have issued 3,888 fines of $225 to drivers for illegally passing stopped school buses that were picking up or letting off children.

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Lakeland High School 2022 Head Drum Major Aaron Bates II (AJ), and with his father Aaron Bates (LHS Head Drum Major 1999-2000). The pair died in a car accident and their family members used Hazel ...