Lakeland News

Fitch Ratings has affirmed at 'AA-' the following Lakeland, Florida non ad valorem revenue bonds: -- $65.3 million , series 2010A, 2010B and 2010C.

Chief Lisa Womack announced the discipline of three workers related to the handling of a series of calls where the caller claimed a Lakeland officer had sexually battered a woman in August.

Lakeland, FL December 11 , 2013 - There are two sides to every story. That may be so in this case involving a 19-year-old man.

The six-year-old girl who was viciously attacked by two pit bulls last week arrived home from the hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Javier Marin joined the Small Business Development Center at University of South Florida recently, as featured in the Tampa Bay Business Journal's People on the Move.

DAVID ALBERS/STAFF - Collier County Commissioner Donna Fiala, left, snaps at fellow commissioner Tom Henning, right, during a discussion about renewing the contract of Executive Director at the Collier County Airport Authority Chris Curry on Tuesday, Sept.

Lindsay Grace Kerr and Jared Thomas Spears were married on July 6 at the Miller Beach Surf Club in Miller Place, with a reception following.

A 6-year-old Lakeland girl has been hospitalized after authorities say she and several others were attacked by two pit bulls Thursday evening.

In Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's test to score hospitals' adoption and use of IT tools, only about 7% of US hospitals have achieved a top rating.

Whether the vacancy numbers hold up for a trend-setting third consecutive quarter remains to be seen.

Crews from both Polk County Fire Rescue and Lakeland Fire Department responded just after 11:00 p.m. to the blaze at the corner of N Combee Rd and Broadway.

Even staunch industry defenders concede that banks handled struggling homeowners and foreclosures poorly in the wake of the financial crisis.

Here are five things you need to know happening in Florida on Wednesday, December 4. Mayor-Elect Rick Kriseman at Harvard University St. Petersburg Mayor-Elect Rick Kriseman will be in Cambridge, Massachusetts beginning on Wednesday.

Lakeland, FL December 4 , 2013 - Jacksonville police arrested a 70-year-old Florida woman after she approached an undercover detective to kill her daughter-in-law.

Lakeland authorities are searching for a juvenile suspect who may have started four small fires in the Walmart on Highway 98 North.

Youfit Health Clubs is partnering with the Pretty Muddy Women's Mud Run in Lakeland, Fla.

Exciting! Lively! Delightful! Enchanting! These are some of the remarks from the audience last weekend when the cast of Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker performed before Congresswoman Corinne Brown and members of the community.

A neighborhood filled with young children was angry to hear their neighbor has been accused of 15 counts of child pornography.

A Florida man has been arrested after deputies say a neighbor found a cell phone memory card containing child porn images in his trash.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office reports Michael Stanley Cox and his wife Yvette Marie Cox were riding in a Harley Davidson after going to Publix Saturday afternoon in Lakeland.