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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, 20 ...

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 ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 30, 2023) - Officers and Detectives with the Lakeland Police Department are currently investigating a shooting investigation involving multiple victims. Officers were called to the location near Iowa Avenue North and Plum Street at approximately 3:43 p.m. today. At this time we believe there are nine victims, two with critical injuries and seven with non-l ...

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!

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 ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 9, 2023) - A contractor working for the City of Lakeland will start a resurfacing project on January 23, 2023, that will take several weeks to complete.  The project includes resurfacing 31 streets and is expected to be completed early February 2023.  The contractor will hang notices on resident doors along the impacted streets, at least two days before paving will start to notify them not to park on the street on their scheduled paving day.  Traffic control will be in place on the impacted streets to assist motorists during the paving project.

Bartow, Fla. (January 6, 2023) | South Pipkin Road in Lakeland is scheduled to close to traffic just south of Maple Hill Drive for three weeks starting Monday, January 9 to install a 48" stormwater drainage pipe adjacent to the northbound travel lane as part of the ongoing West Pipkin Road widening project.