LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A statue of a Confederate soldier is being removed from a Florida park. The statue had stood at the center of Lakeland’s Munn Park for 109 years. City officials began dismantling ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Nearly four years after a Confederate statue was removed from Munn Park, Lakeland officials are ready to discuss what the future holds for the city's “front lawn.” Munn Park has ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — The daughter of a local civil rights leader being honored at a park dedication ceremony this weekend said her happy childhood home served as more of an “open house.” “People ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Lakeland city leaders want to close a problematic skate park two hours earlier each night. That’s not going over well with skateboarders. Sixteen-year-old skateboarder Tyler ...

Two Lakeland community leaders are pressing the city to heat Simpson Park Pool to make it available for year-round use. Simpson Park Pool was closed in June after city staff found a bubble in the pool ...

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The Atheists of Florida, a group that has called on the City Council to stop using a Christian invocation at its meetings, has filed suit in federal court. But its target is Lakeland, not Pinellas ...