But with smartphones giving us instant information, the nostalgic dial-the-time line is going the way of other former Publix ...

Lakeland commissioners are considering adding speed detection cameras in school zones and reducing speed limits in neighborhoods. The goal is to reduce the city's high traffic fatality rate.

Polk County is one of the lowest-funded school districts in the state, ranking 63rd out of 67 counties for per-pupil funding.

Polk County’s children are at a disadvantage when it comes to learning, according to the latest Child Well-Being Index by the ...

In any other year, Polk County teachers would be thrilled with the new contract that's about to give them $1,200 to $3,900 raises, based on experience. But Hillsborough teachers are about to get ...

Art and nature brought them together: White said the owner of the shop, Levy Harrison, became friends with one of the ...

Lakeland City Commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley formally announced her bid for mayor Wednesday. The election will be held Nov. 4. City elections are nonpartisan. Roberts McCarley, 53, is the first ...

Women and men gathered outside the Lakeland Public Library Saturday to make their feelings known about feminism and the Trump ...

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