A reader writes that Polk County's reps should answer for with their votes on the budget bill. Also letters about Alligator Alcatraz, schoolkid and voter registration.

For the fifth straight year, the folks who run the city’s Pride parade banned cops from marching in uniform: Gay officers have to closet their NYPD affiliation to participate.

As quickly as it began, Pride Month is coming to an end. To be fair, it’s been a packed 30 days of debauchery, parades, rainbow-colored clothes, and listening to sooo much Lady Gaga. Considering ...

A new Gallup survey shows declining patriotism across generations, with Gen Z showing the lowest levels of national pride, as overall American pride hits a record-low ahead of July 4.

A North Lakeland bar owner is looking to open a new cocktail lounge in the heart of downtown, but some are questioning whether there's already enough liquor flowing.

Instead, there were thousands of smiles and just as many oohs and ahs, as a huge fireworks show lit up Lakeland. Leading up to the city’s annual Red, White & Kaboom, the weather looked dicey.

Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.

LGBTQ rights pioneer Andrew Sullivan penned an extraordinary indictment of the movement's current state in the New York Times. Here's a closer look at the case he made.

A Gallup study reveals a historic decline in American pride, with fewer adults feeling extremely proud to be American.

An innocent 17-year-old girl was shot in Sunday night’s chaos outside Manhattan’s historic Stonewall Inn after the Pride parade — while the 16-year-old who nailed her ended up accidently shot… ...