Sharon Kurschner will be honored as Lake Wales Pioneer of the Year during the 49th Annual Pioneer Days festival on Oct. 25 in ...

Wilhelmina MacDonald bequeathed substantial funding to the music department at Florida Southern in her will, yielding the ...

McKeel senior Lily Jonsson's swim career got sidetracked after injury sustained during freshman season but is enjoying her ...

The Rainbow Roots Festival in Lakeland is a family-friendly event intended as a celebration of community, LGBTQ history, creativity and arts.

Polk County has applied for state and federal grants aimed at improving drainage in the stormwater system from Lake Parker to ...

The ACC football power rankings are shaken up after a week of chaos in the conference, including Miami's dominant win over ...

Covering or obscuring your license plate is now a much bigger deal thanks to a new Florida law in effect Oct. 1. What to know ...

The swimmers lead this week’s list of Tremendous 10 nominees along with football and volleyball standouts. Last week, Ridge Community football player Daniel James was the top vote-getter in the poll ...

Aleksander Barkov will miss the regular season, Matthew Tkachuk is out until December, but the Panthers have the talent to make the playoffs - and hope Sasha returns.

A hearing on the defense's intellectual disability claim is Oct. 6 before Marcelle Waldon is sentenced in the 2020 Lakeland ...

The Florida Lottery offers several draw games for those hoping to win one of the available jackpots. Here’s a look at the winning numbers for games played on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 Check Powerball ...

From growth management to infrastructure, public safety and affordable housing, see what's driving the four candidates for ...