Ian Townsend, a Lakeland High School graduate, shared two classes with Phoenix Ikner last fall when both were students at ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber sentenced Randall Alderman, 61, of Lakeland, to 18 years in federal prison ...

Lakeland native Ian Townsend says he would see the alleged FSU gunman, Phoenix Ikner, in two of his fall 2024 classes at ...

One metro area in Florida has attracted attention as the leader of a particular housing category in the U.S. — but it’s no ...

Bonnet Springs Park has been named USA Today's “Best City Park” of 2025. It’s a major milestone for a park that has only been open for two years.

Former Florida Sen. Lauren Book came to Lakeland on Tuesday for a segment of her nonprofit’s monthlong Walk in My Shoes event ...

Where shopping is a pleasure.” Publix has 870 locations in Florida. Each are closed for Easter Sunday, one of the biggest holidays in Christianity.

The Lakeland Board of Commissioners also initiated the design process for an aquatics center at the soon-to-be-built Lakeland ...

Authorities said they have located an 11-year-old boy who was reported missing from Lakeland.The Florida Department of Law ...

LAKELAND — Melissa Irving appeared surprisingly cheery for someone about to walk 10 miles on a balmy morning. Irving, the rape recovery program manager for Peace River Center, was focused on the ...