News
As Polk Ages, Families Struggle to Find Affordable Adult Day Care
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (1347+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. As Polk County ages, more adult children are stepping into an unfamiliar role: caring for the people who raised them....
Polk Students Celebrate 50 Years of Poetry
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (314+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Polk County middle and high school students, along with their families and English teachers, gathered in Branscomb Auditorium at Florida…...
LCS Mock Trial Team Secures National Championship
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (528+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Lakeland Christian School's (LCS) Mock Trial team won first place at the National High School Mock Trial Championship held May…...
Gospel Village Opens 48 New Apartments for the Chronically Homeless
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1289+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Gospel Inc. will cut the ribbon this Friday afternoon, May 15, on 48 new permanent apartments at Gospel Village, the east Lakeland…...
Heroes Remembered at Annual Law Enforcement Memorial
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (671+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. The slow trot of a riderless horse as it is led past a row of flags "Echoes of gunfire from…...
Lakeland's Squeeze Shuttle Is Going Uber-Style
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (782+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Citrus Connection will convert The Squeeze into an Uber-style, app-based service that will connect downtown and Dixieland without transfers beginning…...
Search Committee Recommends Kamoutsas for Polk State President
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (627+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. The Polk State College Presidential Search Committee has recommended a single finalist in its search for the college's sixth president…...
Award Winning Chefs with Lakeland Roots Prepare to Open La Pi'ata in Lake Morton
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (655+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. "Pancakes and eggs. I used to cook for my mom, when it was just me and her," recalls Vincent Nacimos,…...
Boil Water Notice Ended for Lakeland Residents Near Boy Scout Ranch Road
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (171+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. On Friday, May 8, Polk County Utilities discontinued the'precautionary boil water notice'issued on May 5 for customers near Boy Scout Ranch Road…...
Dixieland's Alleys Move to Center Stage in New CRA Vision
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (830+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Get our briefing " Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Back alleys " long treated as little more than service corridors and shortcut routes " have emerged as a centerpiece of Dixieland's…...