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

You’re in luck. The 4th annual Lakeland Book Crawl will be held from Thursday, April 24 to Saturday, April 26 this year.

A new Latin fusion restaurant has opened on South Florida Avenue. Fusion&Sabor Kitchen opened in March, in Courtyard Center ...

Ten years into her successful ventures with a Facebook group and website devoted to Lakeland moms and family-friendly ...

In March, Avelo announced it would halt its route from Lakeland to the Manchester, New Hampshire, airport, near Boston, at ...

Bonnet Springs Park has been named “Best City Park of 2025” according to an announcement Wednesday. The top ranking is the result of a recent reader poll conducted by the news organization USA Today. ...

If recent years are any indication, only 44% of Polk County children entering school for the first time in August will be “kindergarten-ready.” That might seem crazy to those who remember when the ...

A distinguished visual artist from South Carolina, Charles Edward Williams, has been selected to serve as the judge of the 53rd annual Mayfaire by-the-Lake Art Festival. Williams has created several ...

For most Polk County residents, last year’s hurricanes are in the rear-view mirror. If they’re thinking of storms, it’s about the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season that starts June 1 and is expected to ...