Lakeland FL

Officers working for the Lake Wales Police Department will be able to delay their retirement benefits for eight years now that their plan’s participation period has been extended. At their meeting on Tues. Oct. 7, Lake Wales city commissioners voted unanimously to approve an ordinance amending the provisions of...

A scrivener’s error was recently corrected on an ordinance annexing 558 acres for a proposed mixed-use development. At their meeting on Tues. Oct. 8, Lake Wales city commissioners voted unanimously to approve an ordinance to apply a curative modification to another ordinance concerning the annexation of land for a...

Low humidity and clear skies continue in the forecast for your Monday in Tampa Bay. Portions of the area like Hernando and Citrus counties are kicking off the week with the coolest low temperatures they have seen since early May. The last time Brooksville had lows in the 50s was 164 days ago with a […]

Troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle collision yesterday in Polk County that resulted in the death of a driver. According to the FHP report, at approximately 4 p.m., a Kia sedan driven by a 20-year-old Davenport man was traveling southbound on US-27. At the same time,...

CARROLLWOOD — Lake Carroll is one of Hillsborough County’s largest lakes. It’s also one of the most sampled water bodies in the state, thanks to Lakewatch volunteers. The lake-monitoring program has helped manage Florida lakes, estuaries, rivers and springs for 40 years. Program data shows about 80...

Preparation for a resurfacing project on U.S. 98 from north of State Road 60 in Bartow to south of County Road 540A in Lakeland will begin Oct. 13, the Florida Department of Transportation said in a news release. Crews will install construction signs and erosion control devices during daytime hours in preparation for...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— Gas prices in Florida have dropped to the lowest daily average price since May, AAA announced. Florida gas prices declined 12 cents last week, with an average of $2.92 per gallon on Sunday. “Florida gas prices slipped to the lower end of the 30-cent range, which it has fluctuated within for the […]

Feeding Tampa Bay has launched a new relief program to assist federal employees in the Tampa Bay area affected by the ongoing government shutdown.

Metro Diner has opened its first Palm Harbor location, at 35000 U.S. Highway 19 N., in The Fountains shopping center. The 3,490-square-foot restaurant seats 112 guests and marks the company’s sixth location in the Tampa Bay Area. The Florida-based brand, best known for its fried chicken and waffles and...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A Tampa woman was arrested after police discovered cocaine and other various drugs in her vehicle after a traffic stop, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. HCSO says that on Saturday, Oct. 11, officers conducted a traffic stop on the woman, Shena Clark, 36,...