With power restored to 90% of Lakeland Electric customers who lost it during Hurricane Milton, the utility is now giving ...

Polk County Emergency Management has established a fixed distribution site at Walker Road Park, 1035 Walker Road. Because of ...

Polk County has been declared a major disaster area by President Biden, and Polk County public schools will remain closed to ...

It will take at least seven days to restore power to the more than 35,600 Lakeland Electric customers who remained without ...

Watch this page for updates throughout the day as Lakeland residents get ready for the hurricane to traverse Central Florida.

Polk County Public Schools will be open on Monday, but after-school activities are canceled and schools will be closed ...

The closure of a local facility that accepted roughly 41.5 tons of septage a year has created hardship for businesses like A&R Septic Solutions. | A&R Septic Solutions ...

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Lakeland Electric is ending rebates for clothes dryers, dishwashers and freezers. It is also lowering the incentive amount for four other appliances. | Lakeland Electric ...

Residents of the Crescent Heights neighborhood next to Bonnet Springs Park were disappointed when a study found that it would be prohibitively expensive to connect their homes to city sewer lines. | ...

Agustin Sanchez, owner of A&R Septic Solutions, used to be able to do six to eight “cleanouts” per day. | Courtesy of A&R Septic Solutions ...