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Travel and Outdoors
Parking fees loom at Lakeland International Airport
Starting soon, daily parking will cost you if you’re flying out of LAL. Here’s what you need to know.
July 31, 2025 02:50 PM
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Connor Jacobson
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Travel and Outdoors
A Lakelander’s travel guide to Boston, MA
Find out what to do and where to stay in one of the top new destinations Avelo Airlines will fly to from Lakeland.
October 1, 2024
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Amelia Grooms
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Travel and Outdoors
A Lakelander’s travel guide to Rochester, NY
Find out what to do and where to stay in one of the top new destinations Avelo Airlines will fly to from Lakeland.
September 19, 2024
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Amelia Grooms
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Airports and Transportation
✈️ 3 wildly cheap flights out of Tampa International in 2024
Check out some of the year’s cheapest flights leaving our nearby airports.
September 5, 2024
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Sarah Leonhardt
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City
SunRail may be expanding to Polk County
Are your days of sitting in I-4 traffic almost behind you?
August 15, 2024
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Rilee Delgado
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Travel and Outdoors
A Lakelander’s travel guide to Charlotte, NC
Find out what to do and where to stay in one of the next destinations Avelo Airlines will fly to from Lakeland.
August 14, 2024
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Amelia Grooms
Posters showing illustrations of Avelo's new destinations sit on easels.
Travel and Outdoors
See Avelo Airlines’ 7 new destinations from Lakeland coming this fall
You can soon hop a flight from LAL to major cities in the south, New England, and even abroad.
July 24, 2024
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Connor Jacobson
City
Lakeland Linder Airport seeks feedback on two proposed developments
We break down the plans and their impacts by the numbers.
June 26, 2024
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Connor Jacobson
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Orlando International Airport has 12+ new and resuming flights to cooler-weather international destinations — and we’re sharing the places we’re ready to escape to.
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Travel and Outdoors
Keep tourism thriving through Visit Central Florida’s CATS program
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Connor Jacobson
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Events
Summer meets the big screen with these Lakeland movie series
Skip the sunscreen and slide into a movie screening instead.
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Food
Peek inside Foxtail Coffee Co.'s first Lakeland location
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Connor Jacobson
A hand holds a bowl with six scoops of ice cream and three waffle cone cookies.
Food
Grab an Instagram-worthy ice cream from these shops near Lakeland
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