Lakeland News

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

An Honor Flight scheduled to take off from Lakeland and bring World War II veterans to view the World War II monument in Washington, D.C., has been cancelled.

Mets RHP prospect Noah Syndergaard will make his second Grapefruit League start of the spring as the Mets travel to Lakeland, Fla., to face the Tigers on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. Jacob deGrom, Gonzalez Germen and Jeff Walters are also scheduled to pitch.

It's cold. It's gray. It's Michigan. It sucks. So you get it in your head to go to Tigers spring training in Lakeland, Fla.

A Polk County judge sentenced 53-year-old Clarence Montgomery on Thursday. A jury found him guilty of manslaughter in December.

When someone mentions a Frank Lloyd Wright house located near moving water, you probably think of "Falling Waters" in Pennsylvania.

Polk County Sheriff Office Deputies are on the scene of a three vehicle traffi crash in the northbound lanes of US 98 North between Old Soldier Road and Keen Road.

Gage's 140 Lakeland, Fla. -- It's a question I don't think I asked Brad Ausmus when he played for the Tigers.

Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix, a privately owned company with 1,077 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina, reported a 5.2% increase in sales for the fiscal year ending Dec. 28. Total sales for the year were $28.9 billion, according to a news release from Publix.

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws live batting practice on the back fields at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla.

WWE News: Steve Austin to Start Filming New Show, Sarah Stock Visits Raw, More Posted by Larry Csonka on 03.05.2014 Plus the Shockmaster's son is working with WWE... - Steve Austin's new reality series, Broken Skull Challenge , will begin filming this week.

A Decatur, Ga. company has purchased land at 701 First St. E. slated for a Wawa convenience store in downtown Bradenton.

Feb 18, 2014; Lakeland, FL, USA; Detroit Tigers outfielder Andy Dirks during a team practice at Joker Marchant Stadium.

For some reason, someone brought an alligator into the Tigers clubhouse in Lakeland, Fla., on Tuesday.

The media descended on Ian Kinsler Tuesday morning in Lakeland, Fla., for reaction to the story about his departure from the Texas Rangers.

To learn about our efforts to improve the accessibility and usability of our website, please visit our Accessibility Information page.

Alvarez, the National League's co-homer leader last season, gave the Pirates a 2-0 lead with his two-run blow in the first off clubbed another two-run homer off Workman in the third, making it 4-1, and the Pirates kept pulling away that inning against reliever Pierzynski added a single in the seventh -- and had to leave the game soon thereafter ... (more)

Georgia is the second-largest market for the privately owned, Lakeland, Fla.-based company.

Gage's 140 Lakeland, Fla. -- Are the Tigers going to miss Jhonny Peralta? Yes, but mostly no -- and the only reason the question is being asked again is because Peralta is in the Cardinals' lineup for Monday's game against the Tigers, batting third and playing shortstop.

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez throws live batting practice on the back fields at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla.