A new Latin fusion restaurant has opened on South Florida Avenue. Fusion&Sabor Kitchen opened in March, in Courtyard Center ...

To help, Polk County Public Schools has developed “ Camp Early Bird ,” a free 4-week summer program for incoming kindergarteners. Registration opened today. Who: Any incoming kindergarten student in ...

Bonnet Springs Park has been named “Best City Park of 2025” according to an announcement Wednesday. The top ranking is the result of a recent reader poll conducted by the news organization USA Today. ...

In March, Avelo announced it would halt its route from Lakeland to the Manchester, New Hampshire, airport, near Boston, at ...

A distinguished visual artist from South Carolina, Charles Edward Williams, has been selected to serve as the judge of the ...

For most Polk County residents, last year’s hurricanes are in the rear-view mirror. If they’re thinking of storms, it’s about the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season that starts June 1 and is expected to ...

William E. Jakes, husband of the late Marjorie Blakeman Jakes, father to Alison Jakes Argersinger (Tom), William B. Jakes, ...

Dora Padrón Corrales, born in Melena del Sur, in the province of Habana, Cuba, the 8th child of 9 siblings, born to Anacleto Padrón Gonzalez and Juana Gonzalez Otero.

Richard Charles Barfield Sr. was born to Buddy and Joan Barfield on December 5, 1956, in Lakeland, FL. He was a ...

Carolyn June Dierickx, 83, passed away peacefully at her residence on April 3, 2025. She was born on December 24, 1941, in ...