Recent closure: Simpson Park Pool was shut down in June after the PVC liner separated from the pool wall, which created a bubble that floated to the surface — a drowning hazard. In August, city ...

The city of Bartow on Tuesday evening hosted a community forum to discuss removing fluoride from the city’s water supply — a ...

One alleged swan-napper surrendered to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office early Wednesday morning while detectives continue to search for a second thief. Alfredo Casanova turned himself in at the Polk ...

Tampa Bay Pickleball Academy has been approved to open an indoor facility in a warehouse off Gateway Boulevard in west Lakeland. Lakeland’s Planning & Zoning Board on Tuesday approved a minor change ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office’s Agricultural Crimes Unit found the swiped swans in a Miami-Dade County neighborhood.

Lake Bonny and Little Lake Bonny neighbors are watching the water levels as they put up new drywall and install new flooring in their hurricane-damaged homes.

They’re not homeless, for now. But many Lakeland residents are one just stroke of misfortune away, including hundreds — maybe ...

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If you go: The Lakeland History and Culture Center is located at the Lakeland Public Library, 100 Lake Morton Drive, Lakeland. Free to access, it’s open Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., ...

It’s a case of swan-napping in the dead of night. Becca Zakostelecky was in tears Friday afternoon, nearly 48 hours after two men entered Highland Park Mobile Home Village, a gated, 55-plus community ...

Correction: Highland Homes still plans to develop the Myrtlebrook subdivision on Myrtle Road west of Dr. N.E. Roberts Elementary School. An earlier version of this ...