The Florida Legislature in the 2025 session passed SB 2508, which increases the number of judges in the Lakeland-based Sixth ...

CSX has announced it will close the North Florida Avenue railroad crossing, located between Main Street and Pine Street, ...

High school students in Polk County are spending their summer learning about trauma, nuclear medicine and blood at Lakeland ...

Teen Was Sought on Warrants for Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon and Burglary LAKELAND, Fla. - William Lee Copeland, an ...

After a stellar career at Lakeland High School, Anthony Frobose was drafted by the New York Mets and will forgo college to ...

Two commissioners raised concerns about the density of the project - 16.7 units per acre - and traffic issues on the narrow ...

A 15-year-old girl is out of danger and two people are behind bars after an undercover operation in Central Florida ended<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Lakeland Commissioner Bill Read will resign from his Northeast District seat effective December 21, 2025. Read has had ...

Although Lakeland is located in Polk County, the county itself is sprawling and encompasses roughly 1,800 square miles of land, according to census data. Lakeland is about an hour east of Tampa Bay.

Lakeland terrier size. The typical Lakeland female is slightly smaller than the male. On average, males are 14.5 to 15 inches tall at their shoulders, and females are just a bit shorter than this.

Lakeland Police Chief Sammy Taylor defended Boston’s arrest in December. “She’s been in this world long enough that she certainly should know better that you can’t make threats like that ...

Joseph Mills, a coach and role model to the victim's youngest son, was sentenced to life in prison without parole 41 years after the rape and murder of Linda Slaten in her Lakeland home.