One of the most important stories of 2012 for Lakeland and Polk County is going to be the redistricting battle going on in Tallahassee. In fact, it topped my list of the Top 10 stories for the county on my blog, Polk...

Lakeland has a new professional indoor football team. I was excited (and still kind of am) about their arrival, but that was before the team name and logo were announced on Thursday. The result: the Lakeland...

Religious commentary wasn’t exactly what I signed up for when I decided to write for Lakeland Local (I was going to try to stay on sports, my forte at The Ledger). But I have done quite a bit of religion writing on my...

Lakeland is still home for the state basketball finals. The Florida High School Athletics Association on Tuesday selected The Lakeland Center as the site for the boys and girls state tournaments for the next three years....

Thursday night was a perfect night for baseball, and a healthy crowd at Joker Marchant Stadium validated that observation. It wasn’t quite enough to inspire the Detroit Tigers to victory in a 5-2 loss to the Washington...

No matter where you stand politically, Thursday was a momentous day for Lakeland and particularly for Southeastern University. Now before I get into the reason for that, I need to disclose that I do work at Southeastern. So...

Many, if not most, local amateur golfers know Cleveland Heights Golf Course very well. I don’t have numbers to back this up, but I would think it’s the most-played public course in Lakeland, if not in all of Polk...

The recent transfer of standout quarterback Jadrian Clark from George Jenkins to Lakeland has once again set off the hot topic of recruiting in Polk County. But do high school coaches REALLY recruit athletes from other...

The high school state wrestling finals begin this weekend at The Lakeland Center, one of four state finals events held here each year. The other three are volleyball, girls basketball and boys basketball. All four events are...