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 is one step closer to opening an indoor facility in a warehouse off Gateway Boulevard in west ...

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 ...

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 ...

After talk on social media about a deceased bird in Lake Mirror last weekend, LkldNow contacted city officials, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which had retrieved the bird ...