A Florida law outlawing homeless people from camping on public property won't change the way Lakeland has handled public camping for years: arresting violators under a city ordinance.

The new year kicks off with theater productions, art festivals and performances by stars like Renée Fleming and Ricky Skaggs.

In an effort to make Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue safer, the city of Lakeland has re-landscaped the median near the Coleman-Bush Building.

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The Lakeland Symphony Orchestra's January operatic performance of “Man of La Mancha” had to be cancelled because of a music rights issue.

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Carrie Oldham, Lakeland’s first Black female mayor, considered former President Jimmy Carter a man of “high integrity,” who ...

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