Project Homecoming, led by UthMpact teen leaders, offers free formalwear to all Polk County high schoolers, ensuring ...

Daniel Spencer Thompson, 39, passed away September 3, 2025. Daniel was born in Lakeland, Florida on July 7, 1986, and remained a lifelong resident of the area. He was a member of Redemption Church – ...

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Publix Super Markets’ technology campus in downtown Lakeland is moving closer to reality — and it may have a dramatic impact on the local economy. The grocery giant hasn’t disclosed many details about ...

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The number of medical facilities in Lakeland is on the cusp of a major expansion. Orlando Health has broken ground on its seven-story, 302-bed Lakeland Highlands Hospital, which is scheduled to open ...

Tampa Bay Pickleball Academy has been approved to open an indoor facility in a warehouse off Gateway Boulevard in west Lakeland. Lakeland’s Planning & Zoning Board on Tuesday approved a minor change ...

On the sweltering summer evening of July 21, 1972, a tall, skinny, 18-year-old – sporting a mustache because it “made him look older” — walked into the Bartow headquarters of the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

Summit Consulting is negotiating with the city of Lakeland to buy a key property on Lake Mirror and build an eight-story office building there. It’s being hailed as the largest downtown construction ...

Lakeland Linder International Airport was once a sleepy little airport for 11½ months of the year, with a smattering of small propeller planes circling overhead — except during the annual Sun ‘n Fun ...

He was born Charles Crofford Dockery in May 1933, but Lakelanders grew to know and love him as Doc Dockery, a self-made man, the founder of Summit Consulting, a political kingmaker, an advisor to ...