Mark Farrington has submitted a letter of retirement after an inquiry found "legitimate concerns" of harassment and a hostile ...

Lake Region, George Jenkins, Mulberry and Lakeland Christian win championship games in softball district tournaments.

George Jenkins boys volleyball — in just the third year since the FHSAA sanctioned the sport — had just hoisted the Class 3A, ...

Lakeland Police arrested Ricardo Zelidon and charged him with fatally shooting Jessie Woullard, 45, inside his vehicle at the ...

Lakeland police said Nicholas Lue, 26, of West Palm Beach, faces murder charges after further investigation into an Ariana ...

The 37th annual Polk County Peace Officers Memorial Service honored those who died in the line of duty.

Todd Michael Jackson was convicted and sentenced April 29 for the killings of Raymond and Crystal Ann Cline in 2020.

Circuit Judge Torea Spohr, who took office in 2021, was assigned to one of six felony divisions in the 10th Judicial Circuit, based in Polk County.

Florida Southern College in Lakeland sued Tremco CPG Inc. over its role in the installation of a roof system on Annie ...

Despite Bartow Commissioners vote to keep fluoride in the city's water, a state bill expected to get the governor's signature ...

The crash happened April 26 in front of the Bowlero on South Florida Avenue. The man died two days later at the hospital.

John R. 'Jack' Harrison built the former New York Times Regional Newspaper Group based in Lakeland and won a Pulitzer Prize ...