WHO: City of Lakeland Water Utilities WHAT: Emergency Sewer Main Repair WHERE: Lake Hollingsworth Drive, just east of Fairmount…
Year: 2025
Here are the stats from Polk Animal Control through April 2025
Here are the stats from Polk Animal Control through April 2025. Improvement in the number of…
Dick’s Sporting Goods to buy shoe store chain for $2.4 billion
Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the…
MASS SHOOTING THREAT AT PLANT CITY SCHOOL
HCSO has arrested a 13-year-old student at Marshall Middle Magnet School for leaving handwritten notes in…
Stray cat makes 2.7-mile journey back home after escaping SPCA
George the cat was at SPCA Florida to get neutered but when his caregiver went to…
Polk County Fire Rescue Responds to Suspicious Fire on Dawn Heights Drive
Polk County Fire Rescue responded to an early morning structure fire on Dawn Heights Drive in…
CSXT Closing Old Highway 60 Rail Crossing for Repair
CSX Transportation (CSXT) will close the Old Highway 60 rail crossing between Tricote Road and State…
Autonomous Harvesters Key to Florida Strawberry Farming
Autonomous harvesters are the future of Florida strawberry production. They have to be. Labor costs are…
Did you know?
By Paul Waldmiller Did you know that Florida will soon became the second state to officially…
Movie Review – Clown in a Cornfield
“Clown in a Cornfield” By Bob Garver “Thunderbolts*” certainly scared off the competition in its…
Movie Review – Thunderbolts
“Thunderbolts*” By Bob Garver “Thunderbolts*,” the latest offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, seems like…
Skechers to be acquired in $9 billion deal
Skechers, which claims to be the world’s third-largest shoe brand, on Monday said it’s agreed to…
Western Trunk Gravity Sewer Line Upgrade – Phase One
Issued by: City of Lakeland Water UtilitiesProject: Western Trunk Gravity Sewer Line Upgrade – Phase 1Location: Southwest Lakeland, starting…
Join us on Thursday, July 3, 2025, for the annual T. Mims Corp. Red, White & Kaboom Independence Day Celebration, taking place at Lake Mirror along the Frances Langford Promenade from 6:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
Enjoy an evening of live music, food, and patriotic fun—culminating in a breathtaking fireworks show at 9:00…
Lakeland man arrested for starving, abusing horses
Agriculture Crimes Unit detectives arrested 63 year old Carl Edward Olinger of north Lakeland on May…
8 Lakeland food vendors fall short of standards
Five were intermediate: shellfish tags not marked with the last date served; the person in charge…
Polk Deputy Knocked Down by Loose Bull in Lakeland
A Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured Friday evening after being knocked down by a…
A reporter visits lagoon where Florida manatees are starving to death
CNN’s Randi Kaye visits the waters of Florida’s Indian River Lagoon to get an up-close look…
Polk County Circuit Judge Torea Spohr is on leave of absence; cases were assigned to another judge
Circuit Judge Torea Spohr has left the bench in what Chief Judge James Yancey called “an…
City of Lakeland HR director leaves after investigation finds ‘legitimate concerns’ of hostile work environment toward staff
Mark Farrington, the human resources director for the City of Lakeland, has resigned after a third-party…
Hope Has An Address! Ribbon Cutting
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 1:45pm Refreshments to follow Join The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce and other…
Tractor Supply buys 19 Big Lots stores as locations begin reopening nationwide including Lakeland
Big Lots has secured yet another partner in its comeback campaign, less than a year after filing…
Lakeland Hosting Fun Fundraiser in Polk County: Kiss the Pig for Literacy
READ Lakeland has been the only free adult literacy nonprofit in Polk County for 30 years.…
Mulberry Man Arrested For Repeatedly Calling Polk County 911
A 45-year-old Mulberry man, Matthew Johnson, found himself in handcuffs after a series of non-emergency 911…
Fire Selected as Host for NAIA Opening Round
The announcement comes following another successful regular season by the Fire, who finished with a 39–11…
Florida Governor reveals 1120 immigrants arrested as part of Operation Tsunami
More than 500 state agencies and police departments are part of a list of institutions that…
Happy National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day!!!
What better way to celebrate than a ribbon cutting for our Safe Place For Strays!!! Thank…
Nietzsche’s The Madman
In 1883, the German philosopher Fredrich Nietzsche wrote these words: “Have you not heard of that…
Homicide Investigation
On May 1, 2025, at 4:52 a.m. the Lakeland Police Department responded to reports of a…
2025 Annual Polk County Peace Officers’ Memorial Service Set for May 1 at 10AM
The Fraternal Order of Police Polk County Lodge #46 and the Polk County Law Enforcement Memorial…
Summer Survivors Plant Sale
Join us for a Summer Survivors Plant Sale in Munn Park on June 21 from 9am to 2pm!…
Residents outraged after media reporter asks ‘Hispanic’ population to fuel hit-piece against Trump, DeSantis illegal alien arrests
Residents in a Southwest Florida jurisdiction are upset after a regional mainstream media reporter sent out…
FATAL CRASH INVOLVING MOTORCYCLE
On Saturday, April 26, 2025, at approximately 11:20 p.m., officers responded to a crash involving a…
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE TO WELCOME FIRST COHORT OF STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IN FALL 2025
Florida Southern College is proud to welcome its first cohort of students to the School of…