Here’s a sneak peak at a piece from the inaugural Lakeland Local magazine. In the mag, we had to edit Matthew Dockery’s piece for space, but LakelandLocal.com readers get the whole kit and...

Tonight, as your stroll through Munn Park for First Friday, take care not to wander into the bright orange fence at the corner of Main and Tennessee. Where once stood two potted plants, there are now two deep holes. Those...

photo credit: Darby Critendon (Note: this post is not about the war being right or wrong, this is about seeing the war through the lenses of a camera.) Michael Yon, from Winter Haven, one of the strong and brave, former...

Have you had your tonsils out? If you have any good (GOOD, I said) recovery stories or tips let me know. I’m going August 7 to have mine removed. 

Hazel Haley passed away yesterday. Here are some of the articles written about a teacher who touched so many lives. Hazel Haley exits the stage by Aikane Leo Hazel Haley Dead at 91 by Lorrie Delk Walker Hazel Haley (1907...

I am a UK citizen and I hold a CAA (JAA) ATPL and IR and I have about 14,000 hours as PIC. I also hold an FAA PPL (SEP/MEP) based on my CAA licence. But I now wish to gain a type rating for flying a private Citation on the...

Sean Ryan is a local artist diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis. A senior at the Harrison School for the Arts, Ryan is planning to attend college to earn a degree in Art. Ryan’s work has been featured at Sun N Fun Fly In...

Albert Mohler is the second person in the running for the next President of the Southern Baptist Convention. As a Lakeland native, Mohler attended Southside Baptist Church. Since 1993 he has held the position of President of...

Sherry manages a hotel in the Tampa area and spent some of her formative years in Lakeland. Recently she took a short trip back here and a long trip down a memory lane full of cinder block shelters, stately homes, and dark...

She was the Sweetheart of the Fighting Front and today would have been Frances Langford‘s 94th birthday. The singer/comedian from Lakeland was best known for introducing “I’m in the Mood for Love” and...

While searching Craigslist, I stumbled on something I just had to repost here. I am a keyboard working musician, (jazz, swing, oldies, cocktail music, church pipe organist) who has a daughter getting married in June at the...

Yesterday, Polk County Citizens for Peace and Justice sponsored a rally against the war in Iraq. They were in front of Southgate. I stopped by as it started, and though the crowd was sparse, the "honk for peace"...

Danita Raulerson has a goal set beyond running her successful businesses, The Artist Within. She wants to make a difference in her home town. She hopes to help disadvantaged Lakeland youth discover their own artist...

We have guests. It’s Christmas season. A lot of us are having family in for a White Christmas. Yes, blinding sun and white sand makes for a festive time. With all the folks unfamiliar with our roads and odd traffic...