Moses Ojeda had a first appearance in court May 19 and is being held without bond on a murder charge. He is scheduled for an arraignment on June 24.

The Florida Board of Governors appointed Sumanth Neelam and Eliot Peace to the Board of Trustees of Florida Polytechnic ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

Davenport Police said Kelly Agar Garcia shot his stepson, Azareel J. Martinez, multiple times after an argument over ...

Eddie Thomas, 69, faces attempted murder and arson charges after a Lakeland group home burned with several people inside.

Two tropical waves moved off the coast of Africa this week as we approach the Memorial Day weekend and the start of hurricane ...

The fee for construction and demolition debris will rise 26%. For yard waste, it's 66%. Fees will rise 5% per year after that ...

The approved plan includes bike lanes on the main road and simple sidewalks. Residents have clamored for a separated 8- to 10 ...

Polk County’s four members of the U.S. House voted along partisan lines on “One Big Beautiful Act,” the reconciliation spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump. The measure passed by a 215-214 ...

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Alex Rich, executive director and chief curator of the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art in Lakeland, plans to leave after ...

Kaitlin Bennett, a conservative social media personality, says Lakeland police and the LDDA violated her free speech rights ...