A ‘provider-shortage area’: Although new medical facilities are on the way, Polk County had less than half as many doctors ...

Their ability to do most of the renovations in-house was the No. 1 cost-saving factor. Among the amenities that Diaz and ...

Life expectancy in Polk County is more than two years shorter than the statewide average — 76.2 years, compared with 78.6 for ...

Lakeland city commissioners will likely vote May 5 on a resolution to rename Webster Park after the late Civil Rights ...

Storks bring babies; volunteers bring swans. A special delivery arrived from Chicago at Lakeland Linder International Airport ...

There will be about 3,000 pots of plants for sale Saturday. They include shade-loving plants in a separate area. There are ...

On Monday, the commission was voting on whether to allow Southeastern University ’s development of an Early Childhood ...

Robert Lee McCormick (Bob, Rob) passed away at Lakeland Regional Hospital on April 9, 2025. Rob was born with his twin ...

Alan Kenneth Osban, 70, died April 6, 2025 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale after a brief illness. Alan was a welder and an avid fisherman. He also was a motorcycle and NASCAR enthusiast. He is ...

William Ronald “Ron” Jeffries passed away April 5, 2025, at the age of 87. Ron was born on September 19, 1937, in Lakeland, Florida, and was a descendant of a pioneering Polk County family. He ...

Robert L. Reid III, 67, a loving and devoted husband, father, son, and brother, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Houston, Texas, Robert moved to Orlando, Florida 50 years ago ...

Born on July 14, 1938, in Wildwood, Florida and grew up in Medulla and Mulberry, Florida. Norman passed away on April 15, 2025, in Lakeland, Florida. He served in the US Air Force as a crew chief on a ...