A ‘provider-shortage area’: Although new medical facilities are on the way, Polk County had less than half as many doctors ...

Life expectancy in Polk County is more than two years shorter than the statewide average — 76.2 years, compared with 78.6 for ...

Lakeland city commissioners will likely vote May 5 on a resolution to rename Webster Park after the late Civil Rights ...

There will be about 3,000 pots of plants for sale Saturday. They include shade-loving plants in a separate area. There are ...

Russell Clayton Silvers, age 102, went to be with the Lord on April 8, 2025, at Oak Manor Senior Living in Largo, Florida. Mr. Silvers was born August 20, 1922, in Petersburg, Indiana to Russell ...

Alan Kenneth Osban, 70, died April 6, 2025 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale after a brief illness. Alan was a welder and an avid fisherman. He also was a motorcycle and NASCAR enthusiast. He is ...

Storks bring babies; volunteers bring swans. A special delivery arrived from Chicago at Lakeland Linder International Airport ...

He served in the US Air Force as a crew chief on a B52 Bomber. He worked as an electrician for Fife Electric and Hughes ...

Beverly Stoffel Worthington, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on April 11, 2025, a couple weeks short of ...