Officials enacted the ban on Tuesday (April 15) after the drought scale used by the county, Keetch-Byran Drought Index (KBDI) ...

But Hurricane Milton is not over for hundreds of local families who are still displaced. Keep up with what’s happening in Lakeland with only one email a week. Sign up Some have been living in motels, ...

After mapping out calls for service, the city and the county decided that they needed a fire station in the same area. The $12 million joint fire station located along Smith Lane near U.S. 98 will ...