Since purchasing Inklings Book Shoppe (formerly Book Bazaar) in 2020, Finley and Carmen Walker have been searching for the ...

The water in Lake Bonnet isn’t supposed to be murky green. And it might not be in the future, if an innovative ...

Mental health care in Lakeland is hard to access — and costly. 1 in 5 U.S. adults experiences mental illness each year. An ...

John Lamar Wendel, lovingly known as “Johnny” to many, passed away on May 20, 2025, in Lakeland, Florida. He was 64 years old ...

Kniss explained that it’s a “dewatering” system because the water table in Lakeland is high. If you dig down 2 to 4 feet, ...

Gillian Fazio, the muralist, Ashley Gibson Barnet t, the philanthropist and entrepreneur, Ashley Miller, the executive ...

Foxtail Coffee Co., the Winter Park-based chain of coffeeshops, has announced that it will open a shop in Lakeland “soon.” ...

Free breakfasts, lunches and snacks are available to Polk County kids all summer long — no ID, no cost, and at most locations ...

Alex Rich, the executive director and chief curator of the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum at Florida Southern College, is ...

America’s Cobbler: Jim McFarland is a fourth-generation cobbler who has won 13 awards for craftsmanship from around the world. His first video on TikTok, in 2020, had over two million views in one ...

Elizabeth “Beth” Greer Pfleger, 58, of Lakeland passed away Monday, May 19, at her home. She was born to Carl and Carol ...

Edward Jonas Hammerberg, Jr, age 78, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2025. He was born on March 4, 1947, in Flint, MI, to Edward ...