Local student headed to National Spelling Bee in May

A Briarcrest Christian School (BCS) student from Lakeland, Taylor Kearbey, has qualified to be in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this spring in Washington,...

BOC special, work sessions: Motel 6, FY19 budget bucket list, community clean-up day

During multiple hours and through two meetings, the BOC (Board of Commissioners) met tonight (4.5.18) to hash out a myriad of topics. There was a...

Unique May concert at The LAMP — Mark your calendars

Come May, there will be a LAMP concert so unique to Lakeland you won’t believe it. The feature of the afternoon will be the world...

Lakeland AHS student wins Gold in Iowa wrestling tournament

Reed Cannon, junior at Arlington High School (AHS) and son of Lisa and Joe Cannon of Lakeland, won a Gold Medal for his weight...

Economic Development Commission (EDC) March 22 meeting

By Alan Johnson, EDC Board member Jim Atkinson, Lakeland city manager, Wil Ashworth, Lakeland Chamber of Commerce president and Brittney Buchanan, Chamber executive director met...

Countdown —“Peter Pan Jr.” this weekend at LMPS

Rehearsals are nearing an end for the first-ever theatrical production of “Peter Pan Jr.” opening this Friday (4.6.18) at LMPS (Lakeland Middle Preparatory School). And...

No more Motel 6, except …

The Motel 6 at 9822 Huff N Puff Rd in Lakeland is apparently a thing of the past. But not so fast. A Motel 6 spokesperson,...

Drug bust Thursday (3.29.18) at Motel 6

Editor’s note, July 26, 2018 – The record of one of the teenagers arrested and charged in a March 29 drug bust at the...