Read It in the Morning Paper: Kelli Stargel, Quentin Darrington

Junior League of Greater Lakeland, Inc. (JLGL) announces the third annual Black Diamond Ball sponsored by Ashley Gibson Barnett to be hosted at Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland on Saturday, March 4, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Every year JLGL raises thousands of dollars on behalf of students within...

A realistic 3D online rendering that illustrates what’s in downtown Lakeland — and what new construction might be added there — made its debut today and is ready to be used by anybody with an Internet connection. What: “Catalyst Lakeland: a vision for Lakeland.” Using interactive graphics,...

City officials on Monday morning recognized the award winners from Lakeland’s 45th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, which was held Jan. 23:. Best Decorated Vehicle – Greater New Jerusalem Baptist Church. Best Flatbed with Trailer – Mount Pleasant African Methodist Episcopal Church. Best Professional Float –...

Polk County Public Schools Superintendent Fred Heid donned a mask and snorkel recently, although he stayed on dry land. The superintendent kicked off Celebrate Literacy Week on Jan. 23 by reading “Inky the Octopus” by Erin Guendelsberger, with illustrations by David Leonard. And what’s a book reading without some sort of costume?

An unusually warm winter brings good news for Lakeland Electric customers: The utility’s fuel rate — which has been at its highest point ever since September — is poised to come down substantially in March. But April will likely see a slight increase in the base rate that utility customers pay.

It had already been a long day when I got a call from Kimberly Moore, LkldNow’s hard-working reporter, at 6:32 p.m. on Monday. Had I heard that nine people had been shot? she asked. “No, where?” I responded, expecting her to tell me about some other city or state.

Pandemonium took over on Winter Haven’s Havendale Boulevard at about 2 p.m. Monday when a suspect connected to last week’s mass shooting in Lakeland fled from law enforcement officers, was involved in several crashes and a carjacking, and was then shot to death by a Lakeland Police captain whom the suspect tried to run over.

Lakeland police have recovered a blue Nissan sedan that they believe was used in a shooting Monday afternoon that left at least 11 men wounded in the Parker Street neighborhood, Police Chief Sam Taylor revealed in a press briefing this morning. “We had an officer drive by and noticed it...

More than 900 students took part in the 79th annual Polk County Youth Fair, with Lake Gibson Senior High’s Emmalee Robertson coming away with the Grand Champion trophy for commercial market steer. Bartow Senior High’s Chasey McCrimmon’s American influence market steer won Grand Champion and Union Academy’s Layne Walker...