With Lakeland's swans at risk for bird flu, a veterinarian suggests residents wash hands before and after visiting Lake ...

Registration is now open for the spring Senior Scholars course, which runs from Feb. 17 to March 28 at College Heights First Methodist Church in Lakeland. Classes include topics such as computer ...

Lakeland City Manager Shawn Sherrouse got high marks in his performance evaluation by city commissioners during a meeting ...

From the outside, Griffin Lofts looks like any other just-built, not-yet-lived-in apartment complex. But some of the people ...

Every year, low- and moderate-income households miss out on tax credits and deductions worth thousands of dollars by not ...

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Online applications are now open for free Head Start, voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) and special needs preschool programs in Polk County Public Schools.

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Lakeland officials have a better timetable for the design and construction phases of the controversial, $22-million South Florida Avenue Road Diet, with fall of 2025 marked as the date for public ...

Three Lakeland Police officers and their supervisor sergeant, all with the department’s street crimes unit, resigned on Wednesday ...