Condosta, age 74, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2025, in Polk City, Florida, with her devoted husband of 52 years, Lee ...

1-minute read Florida Southern College has appointed Andrew Phillip Payne as the founding dean of its new School of Architecture, the college announced Wednesday. Payne, an experienced administrator ...

Robert Meyerowitz has been a reporter, editor and foreign correspondent. He covered Central America and the Middle East, he was the cofounder and editor of the Anchorage Press in Alaska, and he taught ...

1-minute read After a day that saw thousands pass through Munn Park to attend Pride in The Park, hundreds began to gather there at the south end, along East Main Street, on Saturday just after 5 p.m.

Wright had been the interim CEO since Jan. 29, when previous CEO Natalie Dyal resigned. The new role, Wright said, feels “amazing.” Growing up at the Y: Wright grew up in Lakeland’s Webster Park ...

Lake Hollingsworth Drive was closed just east of Fairmount Avenue on May 19 for emergency sewer repairs that took several days. West Lake Parker Drive was closed between Tropical Way and El Paseo from ...

Local Impact: First United Methodist Church is a BreakSpot Community Partner. Its program, also known as their Summer Feed program, serves 30 breakfasts and 60 lunches, Monday–Thursday to children ...

She’s been supporting herself as a professional artist since she left the University of Florida with a Fine Arts degree in 2017, which makes her unusually successful in her field. The artists who have ...

The Rath center and The Lakeland Senior Hub are trying to fill a gap. The Rath center is the model for senior support in Lakeland, but it’s not a full activity center. More than one-fifth of ...

Non-dairy: Mootown also has mango sorbet, a chocolate mousse flavor that is coconut -rather than dairy-based, and a pea-based peanut-butter-and-cookies flavor. And there are milkshakes, root beer ...

It’s now open: Sunday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. | Stephanie Claytor, LkldNow The backstory: The city of Mulberry bought the building that houses ...

1-minute read Life expectancy in Polk County is more than two years shorter than the statewide average — 76.2 years, compared with 78.6 for Florida as a whole. That gap is one of the key things the ...