Life expectancy in Polk County is more than two years shorter than the statewide average — 76.2 years, compared with 78.6 for ...

Their ability to do most of the renovations in-house was the No. 1 cost-saving factor. Among the amenities that Diaz and ...

Lakeland city commissioners will likely vote May 5 on a resolution to rename Webster Park after the late Civil Rights ...

There will be about 3,000 pots of plants for sale Saturday. They include shade-loving plants in a separate area. There are ...

Alan Kenneth Osban, 70, died April 6, 2025 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale after a brief illness. Alan was a welder and an avid fisherman. He also was a motorcycle and NASCAR enthusiast. He is ...

Storks bring babies; volunteers bring swans. A special delivery arrived from Chicago at Lakeland Linder International Airport ...

He served in the US Air Force as a crew chief on a B52 Bomber. He worked as an electrician for Fife Electric and Hughes ...

Beverly Stoffel Worthington, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on April 11, 2025, a couple weeks short of ...

Robert Lee McCormick (Bob, Rob) passed away at Lakeland Regional Hospital on April 9, 2025. Rob was born with his twin ...