Lakeland News

FARM WORKERS AND FAMILIES DEMONSTRATING THAT SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE TAKING YOU P A UP A FAIR FOOD FIGHT WITH TWO BIG CORPORATIONS.

The Nationals and Mets both got good performances from fifth-starter candidates in Thursday afternoon's Grapefruit League contest at Space Coast Stadium, which New York won, 7-5.

The grounds crew prepares the field at Joker Marchant Stadium on a beautiful, sunny but cool morning in Lakeland, Fla.

Aguilar, 25, is charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting shortly after midnight May 26, 2012, of Natividad Faudoa, 32, in the parking lot of DaVinci's nightclub, 105 Cortez Road, Bradenton.

The Cavanaugh Flight Museum's Douglas AD-5 Skyraider left Texas Tuesday to join the Commemorative Air Force's Boeing B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" on the CAF AirPower History Tour in Florida.

Ed Crenshaw, chief executive officer of Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., will deliver the keynote speech at the Opening Breakfast General Session at the United Fresh Produce Association's 2014 convention.

When there's only one of these planes in the world that actually flies, it's worth coming to check it out.

The Ledger of Lakeland reports 24-year-old Victoria Reyes and 48-year-old Kevin Meadows are in the Polk County Jail.

Living Waters Community Church has 18 separate "life groups" operating out of the church that meet on a weekly basis and help out in the community.

A Lakeland landmark in the making is featured in a pickup truck commercial. But there are questions over whether it's legal to advertise and make money off of something that's paid for through your tax dollars.

Feb 18, 2014; Lakeland, FL, USA; Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila during a team practice at Joker Marchant Stadium.

Without the swap, Castellanos might have spent his first full big-league season as a left fielder.

In a 10-city tour that ends on March 15 at the home base of Publix in Lakeland, Florida, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers stopped in Dublin, Ohio yesterday to call on Wendy's to join its Fair Food Program.

Long time Model Airplane News contributor Rich Uravitch spent the weekend on the flightline for the 2014 Florida Jets event getting the inside story on many of these impressive turbine powered jets and the pilots that fly them.

As you've probably read already on Saturday there was a collision between a light plane and a parachutist that was spectacularly captured by a local amateur photographer.

A Winter Haven man told police he stabbed his mother to death because she had been "controlling his money for too long."

EDUCATION BUDGET EYED: The House Education Appropriations Subcommittee will hold a workshop to review spreadsheets dealing with the base education budget.

This weekend's aviation events highlight Women of Aviation Worldwide Week with open houses in addition to traditional fly ins for food... When arriving at the first stop on our pilots association's annual poker run, one of our pilots said on the frequency, for all to hear:... News this week includes Garmin's announcement of new capabilities for ... (more)

According to a report from the law-enforcement agency, Thomas Edward Brown, 58, of Lakeland was hit by a tractor-trailer driven by William J. House, 44, of Lakeland.

This series of photos from MyFoxTampaBay.com show the harrowing collision between a skydiver and a small Cessna earlier today in South Lakeland Florida.