Online applications are now open for free Head Start, voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) and special needs preschool programs ...

City officials have a new timetable for the design and construction phases of the controversial, $22-million South Florida Avenue Road Diet ...

Three Lakeland Police officers and their supervisor sergeant, all with the department’s street crimes unit, resigned on Wednesday ...

Every year, low- and moderate-income households miss out on tax credits and deductions worth thousands of dollars by not ...

Lillian (Lilly) Hernández Caraballo is a bilingual, multimedia journalist covering housing and homelessness for Central ...

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Dear readers: As LkldNow approaches its 10th birthday this fall, Executive Director Trinity Laurino and I are excited to announce new leadership for our newsroom. Robert Meyerowitz, an experienced ...

Now in its 41st year, Leadership Lakeland is an annual program to cultivate and enhance local leadership. Joe G. Tedder, a graduate of Leadership Lakeland class XIII, was humbled if not entirely ...

In its heyday, Memorial Boulevard was more than just the road that bisects Lakeland into north and south. It had a bustling shopping mall, a vibrant shopping center known as Searstown and motels that ...