Kniss explained that it’s a “dewatering” system because the water table in Lakeland is high. If you dig down 2 to 4 feet, ...

That raised Williams’s gold-medal total in her athletic career to 11, including two that she won while still in the eighth grade — making her Polk County’s most decorated athlete, according to the ...

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

Gillian Fazio, the muralist, Ashley Gibson Barnet t, the philanthropist and entrepreneur, Ashley Miller, the executive director of the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra and Tiffany Van Weiren, the ...

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

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 ...

Charles "Chuck" Chritton passed away peacefully at his home on April 29, 2025, after enjoying his 86th birthday two days ...

Mootown Scoops, a locally-owned ice cream shop, officially opens today, after its soft opening May 4. Where: 719 E. Palmetto St., Lakeland — across from the Lakeland Public Library.

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

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

Georganne Smither Dodge, age 79, passed away on May 7, 2025, of Parkinsons in Lakeland. Born in White Plains, New York on ...