A 56-year-old Florida woman died after falling from a tree while picking mangoes. The woman, Lucrecia Cardoza, was found on ...

The final round of July Social Security payments will be sent on Wednesday, July 22. Beneficiaries born between the 21st and ...

Lakeland Housing Authority is seeking to convert more than 200 public housing units to Section 8 housing in the upcoming year. Ben Stevenson, executive director of Lakeland Housing Authority, said the ...

Lakeland's proposed data center and large industrial moratorium would cover Lakeland Electric's service area, stretching into ...

Sam Romain, chair of the Polk County Republicans, uses a Dr. Seuss-inspired poem to protest a proposed hyperscale data center in Lakeland, Florida.

A low-pressure system in the Gulf of America is expected to become Tropical Storm Bertha. Polk County will see a 50% chance of rain from the storm's outer bands before temperatures rise later in the ...

Donald and Melania's only son Barron Trump attended the World Cup, but managed to avoid the cameras, almost. See the picture ...

Greg Sankey led off SEC Media Days in Tampa on July 20 by calling his conference the "best" in college football.

What a season it was for the Lakeland United. Not only did the organization just add two new investors that should make the ...

Mario Scarpa, the Italian immigrant who brought his authentic fine dining to Polk County in 1976, has died at age 90.

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Robert Howden as the new Texas secretary of state to replace outgoing Jane Nelson. Here's what we ...

Here's the latest on just how wet it will be in Polk County as forecasters watch a possible low-pressure system in the gulf.