Vice President JD Vance will visit Lakeland for a Republican rally on Oct. 1, hoping to energize voters for Byron Donalds. Here's how to attend.

The congressman and GOP nominee for governor spoke with JNS about Israel, Iran, the 2028 election and his pitch to Jewish ...

The Puerto Rican Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Polk County will host local premiere of Diaspora: Curiosity of Culture on Friday, Oct. 2.

Florida has emerged as one of the more surprising battlegrounds of the 2026 midterm gubernatorial elections amid U.S.

The 27th annual Lake Mirror Classic will bring hundreds of classic, exotic, and specialty vehicles to downtown Lakeland ...

Columbia Records to release a recording of the opening night of the second leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue, 50 years after the concert.

Between clashes with Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan from yesteryear to modern uprisings against social injustice, the area’s ...

The annual health checkup brings Lakeland’s swans together for exams and vaccinations — and marks the final roundup for ...

A packed house heard speeches by Vance, Byron Donalds, Ashley Moody, Anna Paulina Luna and other Republican candidates.

Lakeland officials have agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit over excessive use of force by Lakeland Police Department. City commissioners voted in a closed door meeting the ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Some Lakeland residents are calling for a moratorium as the city reviews a proposal for a hyperscale data center. The project, known as “Project Swan,” would bring a ...

Rapper Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran's tour after making pro-Palestinian remarks during a concert. Several other supporting acts, including Finneas and Lukas Graham, have voluntarily dropped ...