LkldNow’s weekly newsletter, emailed on Thursday, included incorrect information for the Miss Florida Scholarship Competition, which takes place this week at the RP Funding Center. Here is the correct information: The preliminaries took place Thursday evening. Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen Preliminaries take place tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m. The finals for both Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen […]
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Posted inHistory
Lake Wire Ceremony Marks Florida Emancipation Day
Florida Emancipation Day was celebrated in Lakeland Thursday with a ceremony at Lake Wire that included Buffalo Soldier re-enactors and a reading of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation by Mayor Bill Mutz, News Channel 8 reports. Emancipation will be celebrated again next month with Lakeland’s annual Juneteenth observance June 19 at 3 p.m. at the Coleman-Bush […]
Posted inDowntown
New Downtown Event: Saturday Night Block Party
As Lakeland celebrates Mother’s Day and Mayfaire-by-the-Lake this weekend, a new event will create a block party atmosphere downtown on Saturday night complete with popup vendors, specialty foods and the debut of new festive lighting.
Posted inArts & Culture
Your Guide to Mayfaire By-The-Lake 2021
People have lots of questions before visiting Mayfaire-by-the-Lake, Lakeland’s premiere outdoor art festival: Where should we park? What if I get hungry? (Where are the bathrooms?) Here is a guide, including Covid safety precautions and information about a first-ever virtual Mayfaire.
Posted inConsumer
Introducing Polk’s Most Comprehensive Events Calendar
LkldNow is introducing a new events calendar, one we think is the most comprehensive listing of things to do in Lakeland and Central Florida.
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Blue Angels Debut Larger Jets at Sun ‘n Fun
As the U.S. Navy Blue Angels celebrate their 75th year at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo this week, they are debuting the F/A-18E Super Hornet, ABC Action News reports. It is 30% larger than the fighter jets the aerobatics team has flown for the last 35 years.
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Sun ‘n Fun Attendance Expected to Exceed 200,000
After last year’s Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo was cancelled because of Covid, more than 200,000 people are expected to attend this year’s event, which started Tuesday and continues through Sunday, News Channel 8 reports. Pandemic precautions are permissive: People must wear masks into buildings, but are free to remove them once inside. | Schedule […]
Posted inActivism
MLK Day Event Emphasizes Critical Conversations
A Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at The Joinery on Monday brought together faith-based organizations and focused on “critical conversation” questions, News Channel 8 reports.RELATED: City of Lakeland debuts MLK Day video Source: News Channel 8
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Judd Sworn in to Unprecedented Fifth Term as Sheriff
Grady Judd was sworn in twice to an unprecedented fifth term as sheriff of Polk County. The first ceremony took place Tuesday morning at The Lakes Church. (See coverage by ABC Action News or The Ledger and view portions of his speech here or below.) In the afternoon, he was sworn in again in a […]
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Interest in Pandemic Drove LkldNow Visits in 2020
The unfolding of a pandemic in Lakeland dominated the interest of LkldNow readers in 2020: Our five most-viewed articles were all published during the first month that the coronavirus appeared in Lakeland.