Lakeland Celebrates World Environment Day
The city of Lakeland is observing World Environment Day today, June 5, and encourages Lakelanders to attend one of its Learn & Grow workshops. The workshops, or classes, are held in partnership with UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, a collaboration between the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural...
Alligator Alley Trail is back open in Polk County after damage from hurricane
Polk County said the Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve is back open to the public after being damaged in Hurricane Milton.
Polk Pride’s 10-year anniversary event expected to attract thousands to downtown Lakeland
This month is the 10-year anniversary of Polk Pride, an event that has grown from a few hundred people to thousands.
Tampa Bay mom fighting for medically fragile son after she says state denied him...
A Tampa Bay mom is fighting for her ten-year-old son after Florida Medicaid ripped away his nursing services.
CUPS U-Pick Coming Soon to Alturas
Katie and Shane Bevilacqua Unveil Plans for Golden Ridge Groves and Market, Set to Open in November. An agritourism destination unlike any other is quietly taking shape in Alturas, and Katie and Shane Bevilacqua couldn’t be more excited. This November, the couple is launching Golden Ridge Groves and Market, which...
Haines City man among 2 construction workers killed in crane collapse
A Haines City man was among two construction workers killed when a crane collapsed on Wednesday.
Lakeland-based group voices concerns over Avelo Airlines’ deportation flights
LAKELAND, Fla. — A group of Polk County residents has joined a nationwide initiative to stop Avelo Airlines from conducting deportation flights. The carrier, which began passenger flights in Lakeland last year, signed a deal in April to operate three charter flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....
He Dreamt of Railroads: James Taylor Evers and the Founding of Plant City
Huang History Center, Plant City History & Photo Archives. With the promise of free land over several years, and especially after the War ended in 1865, people hungered for land for their farms, plantations, groves, or pastures for cattle and pushed farther south in Florida. James Taylor Evers always wanted...
PASTOR CALLS SCHOOL BUS STAFF HIGHWAY HEROS
Turkey Creek First Baptist Church holds appreciation day. On May 29, Turkey Creek First Baptist Church put on a school bus driver’s appreciation day. The church treated school bus drivers, transportation aides, and office staff to breakfast at the church on Trapnell Road. In 2024, Dr. Daniel Middlebrooks, the senior...
Recently rescued Paso Fino runs free for the first time in Polk County
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — A young horse is seeing the sun for the first time, and he is not taking it for granted. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office posted a video of Thunder running across a field to Facebook. Deputies recently rescued the two-year-old Paso Fino stallion...
