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UPDATE: The Silver Alert has been canceled. We just received word that Mr. Kulak has returned home safe. #SilverAlert - LEO KULAKThe Lakeland Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for a missing adult, 92-year-old Leo Kulak. Mr. Kulak is believed to be traveling in a 2019 brown Toyota Camry, bearing Florida tag Y17XAZ.Mr. Kulak was last seen today, Monday, January 30, ...

The Lakeland Police Department continues to seek information related to a shooting that took place at approximately 3:43 p.m. on Monday, January 30, 2023 near the 900 block of N Iowa Avenue. In partnership with Heartland Crime Stoppers Florida, a reward of up to $5,000 is being offered to anyone with information that leads to the identification and arrest of the suspects involv ...

UPDATE 1/31/23 LAKELAND, FL (January 31, 2023) - Chief Taylor will provide an update on the shooting investigation at 11:00 AM today at the Lakeland Police Department, 219 N. Massachusetts Ave. Please email mediarelations@lakelandgov.net if you plan to attend. The update will also be streamed on the LakelandPD Facebook page for those who cannot attend. UPDATE- ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 26, 2023) | The City of Lakeland will host the Plantae-Palooza Garden Festival at Hollis Garden on Saturday, February 25^th, from 9 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  The event is FREE and there will be several vendors selling Orchids, Bromeliads, Tillandsias, Aroids, Desert Roses, Plumerias, Tropical Plants, Annual & Perennial Flowers, House Plants, String of Plants, Caladiums, Amaryllis, Camellias, Ferns, Roses, Grasses, Exotic Fruit Trees, Native Plants, Succulents, Caudiciforms, Carnivorous Plants, Butterfly Attractants, Bamboo, Spices, Herbs, Rare Flowering Trees, Palms, Cycads and much more!

MEMORIAL SERVICE INFORMATION: Thank you to everyone who has reached out in support of Sergeant Travis Miller’s family and our LakelandPD family over the past few days. Many of you have asked about attending his memorial service. The visitation and funeral will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at Victory Church located at 1401 Griffin Road in Lakeland. Public Vi ...

It is with great sadness that we announce Sergeant Travis Miller passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Travis was a dedicated husband, father, veteran and police officer who will truly be missed. Sergeant Travis Miller was born and raised in Tampa, FL. and a fifth generation Floridian. In 2000 after graduating High School, Sergea ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 20, 2023) | The City of Lakeland Wastewater Collection Division will need to repair a broken sewer lateral beneath Lime Street between Tennessee Avenue and Kentucky Avenue.

LAKELAND, FL (January 17, 2023)  | Sara Roberts McCarley, Lakeland City Commissioner has been named one of 60 Scholars who will form the Presidential Leadership Scholars’ (PLS) eighth annual class. PLS serves as a catalyst for a diverse network of leaders brought together to collaborate and create meaningful change in the United States and around the world as they learn about leadership through the lens of the presidential experiences of George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson and their administrations.

LAKELAND, FL (January 17, 2023) - Starting Tuesday, January 17th, at 10 a.m., the City of Lakeland Water Department will be closing the vicinity of Lake Hollingsworth Drive and Hollingsworth Oaks Drive for an emergency sewer repair to fix a broken sewer line. 

LAKELAND, FL (January 16, 2023) - On Sunday, January 15, 2023, at approximately 8:55 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash near Socrum Loop Road and Fernery Road in Lakeland. Preliminary evidence shows that just prior to the crash, a 1996 Ford Explorer was traveling southbound on Socrum Loop Road, approaching the area of Fernery Road, when three pedestrians, an adult fema ...