With hurricane season in full swing, SPCA Florida is encouraging pet owners to prepare by taking advantage of a limited-time microchip offer.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will hire for “mission-critical field positions” amid expert warnings that the weather service is too short-staffed to warn people of the dangers of the upcoming extreme weather season.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says his proposal for a long-term contract with the Toronto Blue Jays was for less than $600 million.

A Florida woman is facing charges after she was accused of threatening her health insurance company with a phrase linked to the United Healthcare CEO killer.

A Central Florida McDonald's worker is facing charges after police say she shot at a customer over a complaint about a wrong order.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference in Polk City Wednesday morning.

Some of the biggest alligators in the Sunshine State are regulars at a preserve in Lakeland.

The Miami Marlins continue to make changes to their organization.

A Florida woman is behind bars after deputies said she poisoned and killed her neighbors' pets.

A wanted Florida man tried to put deputies off the scent, but they refused to be outfoxed.

A flock of swans that grew from a gift from Queen Elizabeth II nearly 70 years ago is being rounded up in Florida to ensure they are all healthy.

Rachel Balkovec will wrap up her second season as the Single-A Tampa manager this week at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, where on April 8 of last year she debuted with a win as the first woman to manage the affiliate of a Major League Baseball team.

A toddler died after her parents left her in a hot car overnight following a Fourth of July party in Florida, authorities said Thursday.

In seven years and in conjunction with the Arbor Day Foundation, Publix Super Markets has funded the planting of one million trees.

Officials say a 13-year-old exchanged gunfire with police during a chase through a central Florida neighborhood and was taken to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.

A man is $1 million richer after playing the $5 Monopoly Doubler scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Wednesday.

A Florida woman won the $2 million top prize while playing the Bonus Cashword scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Friday.

One of MLB’s most visible rule changes for 2023 is a sizable curtailing of infield shifts.

A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida last month was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking, authorities said.

A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking.

Suspects are being sought after police say 11 people were shot and wounded during a drive-by shooting in a central Florida neighborhood.

Ten people were injured Monday afternoon during a drive-by shooting in a central Florida neighborhood, police said.

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the players’ association will submit union authorization cards to an arbitrator on Wednesday under an agreement with Major League Baseball that will lead to collective bargaining for approximately 5,500 farmhands.

Major League Baseball is ready to voluntarily accept the formation of a minor league union, a key step that will lead to collective bargaining and possibly a strike threat at the start of next season.

The Major League Baseball Players Association is asking MLB management to voluntarily accept the union as the bargaining agent for minor leaguers.

A former Florida city commissioner has been sentenced to three years in prison for fatally shooting a shoplifter at his store.

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a woman who allegedly threw a tantrum at a Lakeland McDonald’s because her order took too long.

A 57-year-old Florida man is now $1 million richer after he purchased a scratch-off Lottery ticket while making a pit stop at a 7-Eleven store, the Florida Lottery announced on Monday.

Rachel Balkovec was a winner as the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team.

Baseball’s regular season begins this week, so that means the abbreviated spring training session for teams, which started late due to the offseason lockout, is over.

A Lakeland boy celebrated his fifth birthday with a theme that most Floridians will find very familiar.

Officials at the Publix grocery store chain say that they will start offering paid parental leave to employees who are new parents.

A 20-year-old substitute English teacher at Lakeland High School was arrested on Friday by Polk County Sheriff’s deputies, after being charged with sexual battery.

The billionaire daughter of the Publix Super Markets founder has died after having early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease.

Publix heiress, daughter of Publix founder George W. Jenkins, dies at 65 from Alzheimer's disease.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s team will add a Gulfstream 550 to the three other aircraft at its home base at the Lakeland Linder International Airport in central Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Thursday that they are filing a lawsuit against the federal government for ordering that all federal contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

Lucky lottery players in Lakeland and Zephyrhills are celebrating $1 million wins from Florida Lottery scratch-off tickets.

Florida's governor Ron DeSantis said that cruise lines who require proof of vaccination from passengers will be breaking a new state law that goes into effect July 1.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 10:50 a.m. at the LifeScience Logistics Distribution Center in Lakeland.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference with the executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity in Lakeland on Friday morning.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone takes a drink of water during a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla., Tuesday, March 9, 2021. “Just a lot different, honestly,” Boone said before Sunday’s road game against the Toronto Blue Jays. “So I can’t like lift weights like I normally do but that will be hopefully a few more weeks. AdNOTES: Boone said INF-OF Miguel Andújar (sore right hand and wrist) and C Robinson Chirinos (broken right wrist) will both see a hand specialist on Monday. Andújar first felt discomfort taking a swing in a winter league game.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the heiress to the Publix Supermarket chain contributed about $300,000 to former President Donald Trump's rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol. PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Publix supermarket heiress Julie Jenkins Fancelli contributed funding for former President Donald Trump’s rally just previous to the riot on the U.S. Capitol, according to the The Wall Street Journal. Jenkins Fancelli gave about $300,000 to the Jan. 6 event through a former fundraising representative for Trump’s campaign, the newspaper reported Saturday. “Her money paid for the lion’s share of the roughly $500,000 rally at the Ellipse where Mr. Trump spoke,” according to the newspaper. The money was acquired through a top fundraising official for the former president’s campaign, according to organizers.

(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)NEW YORK Gerrit Cole could make his New York Yankees debut in a tasty opening-day treat for fans, facing Juan Soto and World Series champion Washington at Nationals Park. The Yankees and Nationals are set meet when the virus-delayed season begins next month, a person familiar with the game told The Associated Press on Saturday. He pitched the Houston Astros past the Nationals 7-1 last October for a 3-2 edge in the World Series. The Yankees and Nationals met twice this year, including New Yorks 6-3 win on March 12 on the final day before MLB stopped spring training because of the virus outbreak. The Yankees are hopeful that slugger Aaron Judge has fully recovered from a rib injury that bothered him during spring training in Florida.

LAKELAND, Fla. – Publix is expanding its open hours and will do away with senior hours in the morning. Starting Saturday, Publix stores will open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to the company’s website, and the pharmacy will return to regular operating hours. “Thank you for your patience over the past several weeks while we’ve operated under reduced hours,” Publix says on its website. “With our newly expanded hours, we will suspend reserved shopping hours. We do understand some customers prefer to shop when the stores are less crowded.

LAKELAND, Fla. – Investigators are searching for the driver involved in a Florida hit-and-run crash that left a 3-year-old boy dead over the weekend. The crash happened Sunday afternoon on a stretch of Interstate 4 between Orlando and Lakeland, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. A car with six occupants was traveling east on I-4 when another car hit it while changing lanes. The first car’s driver lost control, spun into the median and hit a guardrail, FHP said. The other car’s driver fled the scene.