A global furniture retailer with longtime ties to the Tampa Bay region has made a significant investment in Lakeland.

A missing Lakeland girl has been found safe, according to authorities on Monday morning. The Florida Department of ... Patrol officers located her at a friend's residence a short distance away ...

Ashley Furniture Industries has bought a 705,000-square-foot industrial building in Lakeland. Wisconsin-based Ashley ...

Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The city of Lakeland unanimously voted on Monday to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water. Since November, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has been urging ...

A tropical wave in the central Atlantic and another in the Caribbean are moving west as we approach the start of hurricane season.

Between Orlando’s theme parks and Tampa’s waterfront, Lakeland hides a culinary gem that locals are quietly obsessing ...

Hidden among Lakeland’s palm-lined streets sits Fresh Kitchen, where health-conscious Floridians are discovering that nutritious eating doesn’t mean sacrificing flavor—especially when it comes to ...

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

Lake Wales City Commissioners will consider an annexation proposal for Stoneridge, a 1,287-acre, mixed-use development, at ...

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville is warning that, based on current forecasts, records could be set or tied as ...