The Saint Louis Billikens and Georgia Bulldogs meet Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tip is set for 9:45 p ...

Florida Southern College in Lakeland has established the Major Cody A. Khork ’14 Endowed ROTC Scholarship to honor the reservist killed in Kuwait.

Rep. Felicia Robinson, a former math teacher, is the new chair of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus for 2026-28.

Well-wishers lined the long route as Maj. Cody Khork was taken from Lakeland's airport to a funeral home in Winter Haven.

Ulta Beauty World 2026 tickets sold out quickly in January. Here's what to know about the Orlando convention before you go if you got tickets ...

Two Harveys stores in Lakeland are among seven in Florida and Georgia converting to Winn-Dixie. Both the Lakeland stores were once Winn-Dixies.

Head of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent resigned over the war in Iran. President Donald Trump called him 'weak on security.' ...

Readers helped pare more than 30 Polk County barbecue purveyors down to our Savory and Sweet 16. Here are the competitors.

Crowds pay tribute to Major Cody Khork, a fallen U.S. Army Reservist from Lakeland, FL, in a solemn procession.

A man entered an enclosure holding Moo Deng and her mother, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo said, adding that the pygmy hippos were unharmed.

A Florida wildlife agency supervisor testified she didn't lie about complaints in a free speech lawsuit by a fired biologist.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd spoke one day after he drew attention for saying that some undocumented immigrants should get ...