Motorists along one of Lakeland's major thoroughfares are being greeted with a billboard asking a provocative question: "Don't believe in God?" ...more

November 3, 2009

Polk County investigators have made arrests in two separate methamphetamine investigations. On Monday, detectives learned Richard Brewer, 33, was manufacturing methamphetamine at his Lakeland home, Polk County deputies say. Brewer, of 509 E. Main Street, already was on probation for manufacturing methamphetamine. ...more

February 24, 2009

The regional bomb squad blew up a suspicious case left in the parking lot of the Watson Clinic building this morning. The Tampa Bay Regional Bomb Squad detonated the case at about 11:10 a.m., according to Jack Gillen, a Lakeland Police Department spokesman. ...more

December 29, 2008

LAKELAND One person was killed this morning in a three-vehicle crash at 1200 E. Memorial Blvd. ...more

September 13, 2008

Funeral services have been set for a Lakeland grade school teacher with local ties who authorities say was the victim of a murder-suicide. ...more

August 25, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is looking for help finding a man they say forced his way into a Memorial Boulevard gas station in the early morning of New Year's Eve to pilfer trays of lottery tickets. ...more

February 20, 2008

A dump truck driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident has been released after voluntarily coming forward to give a statement, police said. ...more

February 7, 2008

LAKELAND - A dump truck driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident has turned himself in to police, investigators said. ...more

February 7, 2008

LAKELAND - A 66-year-old man in a wheelchair was killed Wednesday morning in a hit-and-run on East Memorial Boulevard, police reported. ...more

February 6, 2008

After serving as president and chief executive officer of Farm Credit of Central Florida for 11 years, Richard W. Joyner has announced he will retire on March 31 and focus on his family and his church. ...more

January 26, 2008