Family members say 6-year-old Major Smith died from a gunshot wound to the head after finding an unsecured, loaded gun in a ...

A Florida law outlawing homeless people from camping on public property won't change the way Lakeland has handled public ...

A 6-year-old boy is in critical condition at Lakeland Regional Health after apparently shooting himself in the head with a ...

The new year kicks off with theater productions, art festivals and performances by stars like Renée Fleming and Ricky Skaggs.

Carrie Oldham, Lakeland’s first Black female mayor, considered former President Jimmy Carter a man of “high integrity,” who ...

The Lakeland Symphony Orchestra's January operatic performance of “Man of La Mancha” had to be cancelled because of a music rights issue.

In an effort to make Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue safer, the city of Lakeland has re-landscaped the median near the Coleman-Bush Building.

Florida Polytechnic University’s new president took a look at the $100,000 price tag for his proposed inauguration ceremony and decided the money would be better spent on scholarships for students. “I ...

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