The Boys and Girls Club of Polk County is worried critical federal funding may not be available in the future.

Lakeland officials gave a greenlight for a new townhouse development in the Kathleen area, immediately adjacent to two schools and a major intersection. The city commission unanimously ...

There are four other Chick-fil-A restaurants in Lakeland, one in North Lakeland on U.S. 98, one in the Lakeland Square mall, ...

Republican candidates, three of them incumbents, easily won Tuesday’s five elections for seats in the Florida Legislature in districts that contain parts of Polk County. The results continue a ...

The likely loss of tens of millions of dollars in state and federal funding is putting enormous pressure on the Polk County ...

For this fiscal year, only applicants scoring 95 or higher can expect to receive their full requests for Florida's arts and ...

Another local school district is sounding the alarm about a current federal funding freeze that’s keeping almost $400 million ...

Legislative disbursement changes have diverted $45.7 million from the district, and Trump's freeze on education funds puts ...

Polk County commissioners vote to decrease the setback for chicken coops, but a new state law prohibits their desired ...

The Department of Education said in a brief message last month it is reviewing fiscal year 2025 funding "given the change in ...

The “Traditional Greek” omelet pays homage to the Greek-American diner tradition, while “The Ultimate” lives up to its name with a combination of ingredients that tests the structural integrity of the ...