Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $100 billion budget Wednesday after vetoing $1.5 billion, including $1 billion…
Day: June 2, 2021
Lakeland Flying Tigers Baseball is celebrating 4th of July celebration on June 26th- with our BIGGEST fireworks spectacular
We’re celebrating early! Join us for our 4th of July celebration on June 26th- with our…
Talbot House Ministries of Lakeland receives a new passenger bus
Talbot House Ministries of Lakeland sends out a huge thank you to the team at Bartow…
We caught this ‘Low-down, no-good’ ex-con caught peeping tom in Auburndale, says Polk Sheriff Grady
A Polk County man has been arrested for voyeurism, and the sheriff is crediting the community…
Polk County Public Schools is partnering with DOH to make COVID-19 vaccines available at no cost to all PCPS students, employees, and their families
Polk County Public Schools is partnering with the Florida Department of Health in Polk County to…
Lakeland Highland Scrub Closed After Brush Fire
A significant brush fire in the Lakeland Highland Scrub Tuesday afternoon has temporarily closed the property,…
LEGOLAND Florida the good and the unacceptable …..
The park is clean and the Model Citizens (employees are called that) were helpful and it…
Congratulations to Tommy Pollock
Congratulations to Tommy Pollock who retires this week after a 36-year career in education. Thirty-one of…
Lakeland Fire Department Driver Engineer/Paramedic Derek McBrayer received the Florida Elks Association First Responder of the Year-Firefighter Award
On Saturday, May 29, 2021, Lakeland Fire Department (#LFD) Driver Engineer/Paramedic Derek McBrayer received the Florida…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Judge Lori Winstead to fill an opening on the 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Winstead, 41, has been a Polk County Court judge since 2019. She will succeed Judge Steven…
President Biden to announce a slew of immunization efforts for “Month of Action,” including Anheuser-Busch beer giveaway
President Joe Biden has 32 days and 18 million people to go to meet his July…
Auburndale Man Dies in House Fire
A 61-year-old man was found dead following a residential structure fire early Wednesday morning. The man,…