Lakeland FL

It took only four years for The King’s Church to outgrow its building. The church, which began holding services in 2022 at a historic site in Lakeland’s South Lake Morton neighborhood, will soon shift to a larger sanctuary. In the process, The King’s Church will follow the course of another church that previously occup

Tammy Barton WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Tammy Barton has been located and is safe, according...

A cracked sewer line turned part of north Lakeland into a messy holiday job site last Friday and Saturday after a broken force main near U.S. 98 North sent an estimated 85,000 gallons of sewage into the ground and a nearby storm drain. Crews worked through the night to contain the leak and recover most of the discharge

Have a look at what’s going down the week of July 9-16, and don’t forget, you can always submit to CL’s calendar. The post Tampa Bay’s best things to do this week, including a Dunedin ghost hunt, Drunk Tampa History and more appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .

LoveShackFancy is expanding its retail presence in Florida with the opening of its first Tampa Bay boutique at Hyde Park Village this month. The location marks the brand’s third boutique in Florida, its first outside South Florida and its first standalone store serving the Tampa market, where the company says it has cu

A new invasive pest is damaging grass and sugarcane crops across South Florida, raising alarms among farmers and researchers alike. The pasture mealybug has now been detected in 15 Florida counties — and scientists at the University of Florida are racing to find solutions. Isaac Esquivel, a UF/IFAS assistant...

BARTOW, Fla. - A Bartow woman is warning pet owners after her dog spent the last year battling a near-fatal disease called "swamp cancer." In July 2025, Summer was on a walk with her family when the then one-year-old Australian Shepherd mix drank water from a lake near her Bartow home.

Florida hospitality organizations want more time for TPS workers from Haiti and Syria. Florida hospitality leaders are urging the federal government to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for workers from Haiti and Syria. They warn the change would help prevent labor shortages across the state tourism industry. An

BARTOW, Fla. - Chief Judge James Yancey established a sixth family division at Florida's 10th Judicial Circuit Court on Monday to address an exploding population and a surging caseload in Polk County. Polk County court expansion. What we know:. Polk County ranks as one of the fastest-growing areas in both...

Sheriff of Polk County, Florida Grady Judd joined American Agenda to talk about 'teen takeover' chaos after dozens of people were shot and one was killed over the July 4th weekend.