Olga Nenazhivina, of Bradenton, Fla., earned top honors with "Best of Show" and a $5,000 prize at Mayfaire by-the-Lake 2026.

Back alleys — long treated as service corridors and shortcut routes — have become a centerpiece of Dixieland’s redevelopment ...

The Montessori school in Lakeland is opening a new Bartow campus to increase access for their bilingual, tuition-free public, ...

Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday, May 4, to lower the Lakeland Electric fuel rate by $5 beginning July 1, 2026, from ...

Polk County Utilities has issued a precautionary boil water notice for customers in Waterwood and Riverlake subdivisions near ...

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that can help identify and arrest the two suspects in a July 4, 2021, ...

Beginning in January 2027, fees will increase by $1.17 annually to help fund $69 million in overdue drainage and ...

Get our briefing — Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Gov. Ron Desantis signed a new congressional district map into law on Monday, May 4. The map shifts the boundary ...

Get our briefing — Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Sign up The institution long known as the Polk Museum of Art has two new benefactors and a new name: The Ashley ...

The developer’s latest rewrite would reduce density and improve traffic flow around Carpenter’s Way, but residents say trust remains the bigger issue. After four years and multiple rewrites, the ...