Publix has provided the service since 1965 for people who dialed (863) 686-8118. But with smartphones giving us instant ...

Lakeland commissioners are considering adding speed detection cameras in school zones and reducing speed limits in neighborhoods. The goal is to reduce the city's high traffic fatality rate.

Polk County’s children are at a disadvantage when it comes to learning, according to the latest Child Well-Being Index by the ...

In any other year, Polk County teachers would be thrilled with the new contract that's about to give them $1,200 to $3,900 raises, based on experience. But Hillsborough teachers are about to get ...

Lakeland City Commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley formally announced her bid for mayor Wednesday. The election will be held Nov. 4. City elections are nonpartisan. Roberts McCarley, 53, is the first ...

Art and nature brought them together: White said the owner of the shop, Levy Harrison, became friends with one of the ...

Women and men gathered outside the Lakeland Public Library Saturday to make their feelings known about feminism and the Trump ...

George Lowe, a Lakeland voiceover actor who won fame for his starring role in the cartoon talk-show spoof “Space Ghost Coast ...

Lap and Open Swim Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. There are fees to use the pool, including $5 per visit or $40 for 20 visits, and ...

Katie Worthington Decker was senior vice president of the Lakeland Economic Development Council until nearly two weeks ago, ...

Every week, food pantries across Polk County give free groceries to people who are struggling to pay their bills and keep their families fed. A lot of that food comes from well-known stores, including ...

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