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

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 ...

Every week, food pantries across Polk County give free groceries to people who are struggling to pay their bills and keep ...

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U.S. Rep. Scott Franklin, the Republican from Lakeland, said Thursday that he supports the removal of 80,000 workers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The wholesale cuts have been ...

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