Category: News

A holiday plea from our founder Barry Friedman Founder and Editor I’ll make this quick. LkldNow’s winter fund-raising effort ends in 12 days. If you value our community-centered news about Lakeland, please donate now. Your gift will double in impact through matching dollars from NewsMatch and generous local supporters. We still have over $15,000 in […]

Gilbert King is coming to town Trinity Laurino Executive Director When I joined LkldNow nearly six years ago, I had ambitious dreams about how we could reimagine and revitalize local news. Yet I never imagined that this job would lead me to share a stage with the likes of Steve-O at last year’s inaugural Candid […]

Enjoy powerful storytelling while supporting local news Will Link Board Chair On Saturday, Dec. 21, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King (“Devil in the Grove”) and the producer/host of the hit “Bone Valley” podcast will take the stage at the historic Polk Theatre for an evening of powerful storytelling. The Details:* Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024* […]

Your support preserves local news Trinity Laurino Executive Director With Thanksgiving next week, we want to say how thankful we are to you for being a LkldNow reader. We are especially thankful to the 100 readers who have donated to support this work this month.  The challenge is: We need to raise at least $50,000 […]

Help keep the local news coming Trinity Laurino Executive Director I’ll keep this brief: Before we get to the local news of the week, can you help us out?  We can afford to do this work only if enough of you help support it. More than one-third of our funding comes directly from you, our […]

Local election results | Gilbert King coming to Lakeland

Here’s what scares us on Halloween Trinity Laurino Executive Director Happy Halloween!  We hope you all have a scary but safe time tonight and through the weekend.  If you ask what scares us the most – it’s the idea of a Lakeland without a dedicated local news source. Just the thought gives us chills!  Tomorrow […]

Milton recovery; health care & aging Trinity Laurino Executive Director One week out from Milton and collectively we’re still assessing damages and picking up the pieces. I think our team at LkldNow showed incredible resiliency and ingenuity in how our tiny newsroom delivered so much news throughout the storm and we will continue to cover […]

Let’s talk: Health care & aging Trinity Laurino Executive Director When LkldNow asked which facet of health care we should tackle in our third community event of the year, readers overwhelmingly responded that aging issues are top of mind. We listened and we’ve partnered with Age Friendly Lakeland to bring you our next Candid Conversation […]