Lakeland city commissioners voted unanimously May 5 to to rename Webster Park in honor of Madalynne Brooks, a civil rights activist for decades.

Lakeland commissioners voted unanimously May 5 to rename Webster Park to "Nellie Madalynne Brooks Park" after late civil rights and community advocate.

The Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children-South will be built on 100 acres along U.S. 98 South, just south of County Road 540A.

The Lakeland Police Department identified the two drivers who died as Willie Williams, 71, and Craig Jensen, 67. Both were Lakeland residents.

Florida Southern in Lakeland awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to former NFL player Ronde Barber, the ...

The shooting happened about 3:30 a.m. May 4 after more than 100 people gathered in the parking lot of a condo complex in the ...

Winter Haven junior Ben Saltman (boys tennis) won the boys singles title at the Class 4A state tennis tournament. Saltman ...

The Sheriff's Office credited a Clermont man with pulling the passenger from the burning vehicle on State Road 33.

President Trump's budget plan calls for cutting $1.2 billion for national parks, about 25% of the park service's budget. The ...

Bringing a phone charger or power bank on the plane? Keep them in your carry-on, they're banned in checked luggage now. Here's what to know.

Napoleon Pelletier, a French Canadian, led the founding of St. Anne Shrine in the 1920s, and remnants of the Catholic enclave honor him.

"When you look at career and technical vocational education, that's what runs the middle class ― that's the fuel that runs the country." ...