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The 4-3 vote pauses new applications while the city develops rules for data centers and other exceptionally large utility customers.

As the iconic drive-in approaches its 80th anniversary in 2028, a new documentary hopes to preserve the memories before they’re lost.

Justin Sharpless and Kasen Hampton are running for Polk County School Board District 6.

Kay Fields and Sumanth ‘Sam’ Neelam are running for Polk County School Board District 5.

Kate Wallace, Sarah Corona and Victor Sims are running for Polk County School Board District 3.

School Board Candidates offer competing solutions to familiar challenges ahead of the Aug. 18 election.

Lakeland Electric and water utility officials provided more information to commissioners at the July 20 city commission meeting.

Two campus groves are being replanted as part of a larger revitalization effort for Polk’s citrus industry.

Speakers were in opposition to the project and in support of a moratorium; however, several felt a moratorium would not go far enough and called for an all-out ban on data centers in Lakeland.

A public hearing on the ordinance will be held on Monday, July 6, at 9 a.m.

Faith-based nonprofit Hope House Florida is set to move into the former Faith Lutheran Church building in the Lake Hollingsworth neighborhood.

Commissioners asked the city attorney to draft a 12-month pause on large-scale facilities, with votes expected in July.