Park officials woke up to extensive damage to the gazebo and a large deck at Burns Harbor’s Lakeland Park Friday morning.

Polar plunger Brooks Hand, on right, reacts to the chilly water at Lakeland Park during the Burns Harbor Park Department’s Polar Plunge event on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the ...

A high-risk sexual predator was arrested after allegedly touching himself less than 45 feet away from children at a Lakeland park.

LAKELAND — Lakeland staff always promised the city's downtown dog park would be "something totally different," and its sign will say that in a modern art, yet retro neon-lighting kind of way ...

Bonnet Springs Park, a former abandoned rail yard turned into a popular Polk County park, is celebrating its first year of operations.