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Clarification, June 17, 2025 1:51 pm: An earlier version of this article did not include information about mass transit. We keep local news free — can you help keep it going?. With the support of readers like you, we provide independent, local news for an informed and connected community....

Stacker ranked the 50 lowest-paying jobs in Lakeland, using annual compensation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of May 2024.

We keep local news free — can you help keep it going?. With the support of readers like you, we provide independent, local news for an informed and connected community. This is your chance to keep local news strong. Please join us!. The Lakeland City Commission on Monday considered...

Lakeland officials have approved spending more than $380,000 to add speed-detection cameras in school zones, more red-light cameras and surveillance to the city's streets. City commissioners approved amending their contract with American Traffic Solutions, which does business under the name Verra Mobility, to add 14...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – What began as a routine traffic infraction for 33-year-old Robert Allen Movrich quickly escalated into a litany of charges and an unwelcome trip to the Polk County Jail on Monday night. At approximately 9:04 PM, Movrich, driving a white 2005 Chevy Silverado, caught the attention...

Plans are underway for a major expansion of Haven Coffee Roasters, owner Jon Lane confirmed with Business Debut. The Winter Haven-based brand will be opening a flagship location in Auburndale that will be over five times the size of their current space in Winter Haven. Lane is developing the new location and running...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A long-standing friendship took a dangerous turn this past weekend, culminating in the arrest of a Mulberry man after an escalating dispute at a local gas station. Anthony Michael Dyer, 28, was taken into custody by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, June 15th,...

Edward Walker Dean will not be returning as city manager in Fort Meade. The City Commission voted 5-0 at the June 10 meeting to terminate Dean’s contract. Dean has been absent from City Hall since January , and in February the City Commission voted to hire Alis Drumgo as interim city manager. Fort Meade officials...

A Chicago police officer is stealing the internet’s spotlight after a Florida sheriff roasted him—and his mugshot—in a series of sassy social media posts Tuesday morning. “Had you not battered the security officer at Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo we might have never met,” the Polk...

FOX 13 Meteorologist Nash Rhodes shares the forecast for Sunday night which includes spotty showers inland but he says the Tampa Bay Area will not be affected until the early morning hours on Monday.