You can see it on the faces of people you pass on the street. Something's different. Maybe it's the glow of cheeks flushed a bit less red by approaching heat exhaustion. Maybe it's the extra bounce that comes with a 2 percent drop in afternoon humidity. Maybe it's the excited grin as Floridians across the state anticipate the most wonderful time of the year: the end of the hurricane season. ...more

October 5, 2008

About 500 Lakeland Electric clients - residents and various businesses, including the Lakeland Center - lost power for about an hour after a pair of underground explosions raised manhole covers and knocked out traffic lights downtown. ...more

September 30, 2008

About 1,000 residents and various businesses - including the Lakeland Center - are without power after a pair of underground explosions raised manhole covers and knocked out traffic lights in downtown Lakeland, officials said today. ...more

September 29, 2008

By Sunday evening, the bodies of some of Carl White's koi still hadn't surfaced. ...more

November 5, 2007

PALM HARBOR - By Sunday evening, the bodies of some of Carl White's koi still hadn't surfaced. Early Sunday morning, authorities say two teenagers dumped liquid and powder dishwashing detergent into White's koi pond, killing 30 fish and causing about $4,000 in damages. ...more

November 4, 2007

A city review board on Wednesday approved a plan for a three-building office park on Seventh Street at a corner of Howard Avenue. ...more

October 11, 2007