The Florida Legislature in the 2025 session passed SB 2508, which increases the number of judges in the Lakeland-based Sixth ...

The Florida Supreme Court upheld on Thursday the state’s congressional map championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, which ...

Alexander Katchalov, a 28-year-old registered sex offender, is now charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious battery on a ...

Lakeland Woman, Brenda Spikes, Arrested Again After Failing to Appear in Court LAKELAND, Fla. - Brenda Spikes, 65, of ...

New allegations have resulted in charges against a former Lakeland gymnastics coach who was already on sexual offender ...

The organizers tried to cancel the Lakeland event shortly before 5 because of anticipated storms. The weather never showed, ...

The former coach in Lakeland was arrested after he confessed to having sex with a girl he was coaching when she was a teen, deputies say. LAKELAND, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man ...

Members of the 2024-25 Lakeland homecoming court are, from left, standing: Juliana Grier, Brooke Hill, Dylan Kopa, Ryan Bianchi, Noah Kutchmanich, Kiera Flynn, Gianna Bullick and Luke Vinansky.

A serial romance fraudster who faked brain cancer and used other schemes to bilk Alberta women out of thousands of dollars is ...

Main Street Eats, LLC is looking to bring a food truck court to East Main St., just blocks away from downtown Lakeland.

The Florida Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Michael Bell, convicted in the 1993 shooting deaths of two ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown male suspect responsible ...