Polk County Public Schools will be open on Monday, but after-school activities are canceled and schools will be closed ...

Polk County's only septic waste facility closed six weeks ago. That was good news for east Lakeland residents plagued by ...

It eliminated clothes washers, dishwashers and freezers to make the energy-saving incentive program more sustainable.

A former CEO of the Shula Restaurant Group plans to convert the historic Florida National Bank building in downtown Lakeland ...

Businessman Cory Petcoff initially asked for $195,000 to help transform the Florida National Bank building into a high-end ...

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Devin Stephenson left his job as president of Northwest Florida College on July 5 and arrived as Florida Polytechnic ...

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Lakeland Electric is ending rebates for clothes dryers, dishwashers and freezers. It is also lowering the incentive amount for four other appliances. | Lakeland Electric ...

The closure of a local facility that accepted roughly 41.5 tons of septage a year has created hardship for businesses like A&R Septic Solutions. | A&R Septic Solutions ...

Residents of the Crescent Heights neighborhood next to Bonnet Springs Park were disappointed when a study found that it would be prohibitively expensive to connect their homes to city sewer lines. | ...