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Lakeland Approves One-Year Moratorium on Data Centers
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (1241+ words) Lakeland commissioners voted 4-3 Monday, August 3, 2026 to impose a one-year moratorium on new data centers and other businesses expected to use at least 50 megawatts of electricity. The pause took effect immediately, stopping the city from accepting or reviewing applications while staff…...
Lakeland Housing Authority Moves to Transition Public Housing to Section 8 Program
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (1102+ words) Lakeland Housing Authority (LHA) will convert its 257 public housing apartments to Project-based Section 8 housing, if approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Under this program, a federal subsidy would attach to each unit, as opposed to tenant-based…...
Polk County Map
2+ week, 3+ day ago (105+ words) LkldNow To understand what news and features our audience is most interested in, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or…...
Polk State Achieves 100% Pass Rate for Health Sciences and Nursing
2+ week, 5+ day ago (257+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. All seven of Polk State College’s Health Sciences and Nursing degree programs have achieved 100% licensure pass rates, according to a press release. This achievement comes as Polk State prepares to open its Haines City-Davenport…...
Data Center Moratorium Draws Crowd and Lakeland Revises Hearing Dates
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1228+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. In a City Commission meeting that lasted over four hours on July 6, commissioners received an update on the drafted ordinance that would enact a 12-month moratorium on data centers and large load customers. The…...
Meet Laura Putnam: Curator of Exhibitions at the AGB
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (847+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Laura Putnam didn’t plan to stay in Lakeland this long. She came to the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in 2013 with a painter’s eye and an arts administrator’s degree, figuring she’d…...
Lakeland Seeks Answers on Condition of Historic Frances Langford Promenade
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (941+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. The Frances Langford Promenade has been one of Lakeland’s defining landmarks for nearly a century. But city officials say the 98-year-old structure is showing signs of age — and Hurricane Milton may have accelerated problems....
Kris Hallstrand Moves from Lakeland Linder to Aerospace Center for Excellence
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1085+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Kris Hallstrand’s last day as Airport Director at Lakeland Linder International Airport was Saturday, June 13 — exactly two years to the day after she led the charge when the airport began airline service. Hallstrand says…...
Lakeland Takes First Step Toward Data Center Moratorium
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (520+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Lakeland’s effort to hit the pause button on large-scale data centers took another step Friday, June 12. At their agenda study session, commissioners directed City Attorney Palmer Davis to draft a 12-month moratorium ordinance, setting…...
Lisa Miller Reelected to Polk School Board
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (341+ words) Independent, local news about Lakeland, Fl. Incumbent Lisa Miller has been elected without opposition to serve a third term on the Polk County School Board representing District 7. The Polk County native said she is “honored to go back to work....