Lakeland News

Justin Thomas Henry, 21, was charged with lewd and lascivious battery for two incidents in which he engaged in sexual activity with the girl, including one on Monday morning, according to an arrest affidavit.

Authorities are investigating after four inmates were left with little ventilation inside a prison van with no air conditioning during a 200-mile trip from Avon Park to a prison hospital and reception facility in Lake Butler.

Despite his role in the Lakeland sex scandal, Sgt. Dave Woolverton is getting his job back, according to a ruling Monday.

Southeastern University, a private Christian institution with more than 4,000 students located in Lakeland, Fla., trains its broadcast majors in an HD production studio equipped with four AK-AC3800 studio cameras.

The curiously oval-shaped structure at the new Florida Polytechnic University, designed by noted Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is a symbol of the state's latest higher-education experiment.

Bradenton defeated the Flying Tigers 5-1 on Saturday Night at Joker Marchant Stadium with strong defensive play, turning four double plays on the night and stranding five Lakeland players.

But the Lakeland, Florida, resident's grief was compounded after thieves broke into his home earlier this week and stole something with powerful connections to his late wife.

Surgeries cancelled over fear of rare disease The Ledger reports that the surgical instruments in question were on a tray at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

A woman has been arrested in the theft of a cellphone that took a selfie of the suspect and sent it to the owner.

The Rating Outlook is Stable. SECURITY Outstanding energy system revenue bonds are secured by a first lien on net revenues of the city's electric system.

Outstanding energy system revenue bonds are secured by a first lien on net revenues of the city's electric system.

We're bringing you to the front lines after a hit-and-run crash in Lakeland killed a construction worker.

A new era of innovation is coming to central Florida, and it is also an era of education, technology and entrepreneurship.

Lakeland Police are looking for the driver of a truck that hit a construction worker in the 2600 block of South Florida Avenue early Wednesday morning.

The Detroit Tigers plan to remain in Lakeland for at least another 20 years. After rumors that the team was considering other locations for its spring home, the city commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to approve a deal to keep the Tigers playing at Joker Marchant Stadium, the Lakeland Ledger said.

Missing: Lakeland man with Diabetes The Lakeland Police Department is asking for the public's help locating a missing and endangered man.

Judge Abdoney, 43 of Lakeland, is currently a Polk County Court Judge. Prior to his appointment to the county court bench in 2008, he served as an Assistant Public Defender in Tampa and later as an Assistant State Attorney in the Tenth Circuit.

When I was a senior in high school in 1942, I took advantage of the Civilian Pilot Training Program and earned my pilots license flying Waco UPF- 7s and PT-17s off a red dusty Oklahoma airfield near my hometown.

When and Where: Meet at Canoe Launch, Wekiva Springs State Park 745AM. How long: Expect to be on the way home by 3 PM.

Career criminal jailed for armed robbery dies in sleep 54-year-old, Lakeland resident, Greg Mitchell Hughes, who was arrested on July 17, 2014 died in his sleep.