Another rainy season is revealing a Lakeland community’s same old problem. After some heavy-but-typical afternoon downpours, ...

Polk County Sheriff's Office Investigating String of Vehicle Break-ins Across Multiple Neighborhoods LAKELAND, Fla. - The ...

The Lakeland Police Department Dive Team was recently certified in the areas of water rescue, highwater rescue, and swift water rescue.

Neighbors in Lakeland are working to rescue a dog that’s believed to be stuck in a storm drain. Viewers have been calling ...

A new study of America's Biggest Boomtowns by loan marketplace LendingTree found eight of the 10 fastest-growing metro areas ...

Five of the fastest-growing cities or 'boomtowns' in the country are in Florida and one of them is in Polk County.

FHP reported that the Toyota drove west on Fletcher Avenue toward State Road 659. Troopers said the vehicle was turning south ...

A Lakeland detective has been arrested by the Polk County Sheriff's Office and accused of falsely reporting a crime involving ...

The Florida Legislature in the 2025 session passed SB 2508, which increases the number of judges in the Lakeland-based Sixth ...

Three Lakeland residents face RICO charges for a massive bank fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake.

Lakeland Capital, a Charleston-based private, multifamily investment company active in select East Coast markets, has successfully launched Patterdale Management, a full-service property management ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced eight arrests in a $8.8 million bank fraud and racketeering scheme, including three ...