Lakeland could have had a senior center by now. More than a decade ago, City Commissioner Don Selvage’s proposal for a senior ...

The Junior League of Greater Lakeland was founded in March of 1933. Ninety-two years later, on May 7, the local organization, ...

Hooks and his wife, Debbie Hooks, have two children, Emily Hooks and Hamilton Hooks, who both live in Lakeland.

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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has “good video” of a teenager who shot the driver of a white Mercedes sedan around 1:30 p.m. Monday, sending it crashing into the bedroom of a duplex in the Secret ...

Huber — the school’s assistant principal — is leading those efforts with the creation of Southwest Station, a food pantry and ...

“Concrete has the ability to take in moisture and the rebar inside of it gets saturated and rusty.” The columns were ...

Shirley Mae Wuellner passed away peacefully into eternal rest on April 29, 2025. She was a devoted wife, mother, and granny ...

William “Bill” Earl Henry Jr., 68, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2025, in Lakeland, Florida. He was born on October 11, ...

Elizabeth “Betsy” Strout Sargeant, 72, passed away on May 1st, 2025, of Alzheimer’s Disease. Born in Atlanta, Georgia to ...

It is with great sadness that the family of Jared Pierce Cline announces his peaceful passing in his sleep on May 4, 2025.