From a “crazy dream” to a reliable local news source, LkldNow celebrates 10 years of informing, engaging, and empowering the Lakeland community.
Category: People
Posted inPolitics
Don Burns Has Withdrawn from the Race for Lakeland City Commission
Burns is no longer running to represent District B Northeast, leaving Terry Coney unopposed for now.
Posted inPolitics
Ashley Troutman Enters the Race for Lakeland City Commission
Local business owner and community leader with deep Lakeland roots bids for District C Southwest.
Posted inPeople
Polk County School Board Member Rick Nolte Has Died at 69
Nolte, on medical leave since January, was in his first term serving District 3.
Posted inCrime / Justice
Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King Turns Hit Podcast ‘Bone Valley’ Into a Book
Gilbert King’s new book dives deeper into the 1987 murder case of Michelle Schofield and a decades-long fight for her husband’s exoneration.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘It Was a Good Run’ — Polk County’s Only Local Talk Radio Show Canceled
Hall Communications replaced ‘Polk County Live’ with a nationally syndicated news program.
Posted inActivism
Lakeland’s Junior League Makes History
Angel Davis becomes the first Black president in the Lakeland group’s long story.
Posted inPeople
He Was a Father, a Husband, a Friend — and a Lakeland Pillar
Hollis Hooks, 74, a wealth manager who contributed richly to Lakeland’s civic life, has died.
Posted inPeople
Kimberly C. Moore Departs LkldNow
The journalist, who grew up in Lakeland, became LkldNow’s second hire in 2022.
Posted inBusiness
Worthington Decker Abruptly Out at Lakeland Economic Development
She was thought to be a successor to Steve Scruggs, 63, who has decided to stay on.
