The space, in the Lakeland Town Center on Memorial Boulevard, will feature 36 artist studios, offices and meeting spaces.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has reported 454 immigration encounters since Aug. 1, more than any agency in Florida ...

Founder Wesley Wright shares how the Lakeland Arts Council brings the community together through music, art, and food at this ...

It signals the commission's growing confidence in Sherrouse, a turnabout from a critical review in 2023 that had members ...

The sitting commissioner has raised more than $80,000 for her campaign from a who's-who of Polk's political givers and others ...

The former mayor's daughter, Lakeland Commissioner Connie McCarter, released a statement on her father's death.

QUITE A DEAL The grocery-store chain was able to purchase a building and parking garage for just $20 due to a lease ...

Two people were injured during a four-vehicle crash in Jackson. The crash occurred on Lakeland Drive westbound at the ...

A Polk County Prosecutor has determined that the use of lethal force by a Grannis Police Department officer was justified in ...

The extension to State Road 60 is a 2.6-mile-long toll road that will cost $134 million to build, according to the state. It ...

Polk County supervisors voted Tuesday to invest $200,000 to keep water quality monitors functioning across the state — a move ...

For the fourth straight week, Edgewater, Jones and Bishop Moore remained in the top three spots of the Sentinel’s Super 16 ...