"The reason is straightforward, even if the timing is never ideal." ...

Make time for Free Dog Training Class on the Lakeland Patch calendar ...

Michael Brossart will start on Oct. 1 as Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at Florida Southern College, ...

The proposal would pause new applications for large data centers while city leaders develop long-term regulations.

One candidate in Lakeland's mayoral race appears to have amassed the largest campaign war chest of any candidate in city history. As of the latest campaign financial disclosures due Oct. 10, there ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Lakeland officially has a new mayor, and city leaders say the timing could not be more critical. Sara Roberts McCarley was sworn in Monday as Lakeland’s mayor, becoming the first ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of swans descended from a pair gifted to the central Florida city of Lakeland by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in the 1950s were rounded up Tuesday for their annual health ...

A cracked sewer line turned part of north Lakeland into a messy holiday job site last Friday and Saturday after a broken force main near U.S. 98 North sent an estimated 85,000 gallons of sewage into ...

Sewer cleaning crews for the City of Lakeland discovered a break in the main sewer line beneath the sidewalk on the east side of South Florida Avenue just south of Highland Drive, the Florida ...

In Lakeland, the Christmas season arrived quietly about 7 :30 a.m. on Nov. 5 as the first flashes of green tinsel and red bells appeared off Lake Mirror. The oversized bright red bells and Christmas ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Red light camera violations netted $3.3 million in revenue, according to results reported by the city of Lakeland in accordance with a new state law. Money was distributed from ...