Sam Joaquim, 38, purchased the two-storefront property for $1.2 million in September 2023. He opened Bedrock Wings in the ...

Kay Klymko is running for mayor, focusing on community engagement, vulnerable populations, and prioritizing emergency ...

Daniel Spencer Thompson, 39, passed away September 3, 2025. Daniel was born in Lakeland, Florida on July 7, 1986, and remained a lifelong resident of the area. He was a member of Redemption Church – ...

Elvin Cortes Maldonado, 64, of Davenport, Florida, passed away peacefully on August 24, 2025, in Lakeland, Florida. Born on June 30, 1961, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Elvin lived a life marked by love, ...

Jan Dennis, born December 10, 1955, in Detroit Michigan, grew up in Massachusetts, passed away on August 28, 2025, at Lakeland Regional Health, surrounded by her loved ones. She was 69 years old. Jan ...

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He was born Charles Crofford Dockery in May 1933, but Lakelanders grew to know and love him as Doc Dockery, a self-made man, the founder of Summit Consulting, a political kingmaker, an advisor to ...

Publix Super Markets’ technology campus in downtown Lakeland is moving closer to reality — and it may have a dramatic impact on the local economy. The grocery giant hasn’t disclosed many details about ...

Mayor Bill Mutz on Monday said the choice to add fluoride should be left to each household and the only means to do that is removing it from the water supply. The Lakeland City Commission voted 6-0 ...

The number of medical facilities in Lakeland is on the cusp of a major expansion. Orlando Health has broken ground on its seven-story, 302-bed Lakeland Highlands Hospital, which is scheduled to open ...

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The First Baptist Institutional Church sits at the southwest corner of Martin Luther King and Memorial boulevards, the second site of the church that has survived a fire, a relocation, a condemnation ...