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REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION IN FEBRUARY HIT-AND-RUN FATAL CRASHHeartland Crime Stoppers Florida is offering a $3,000 reward for information that can help investigators identify the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on February 25, 2023, in the 1000 block of 10th street in Lakeland. The car mentioned in the original media release (see below) has been ...

LAKELAND, FL (July 3, 2023) | Starting Friday, July 21, 2023, five additional intersections in downtown Lakeland will be converted from signalized to all-way stop intersections.

LAKELAND, FL (July 1, 2023) On Friday, June 30, 2023, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting that had just occurred in the 2400 block of Chestnut Woods Drive in Lakeland. Once on the scene, officers located a 35-year-old male victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.   The Lakeland Police Department Patrol Unit, Polk County Fire Rescue, and ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 30, 2023) On Thursday, June 29, 2023, at approximately 8:55 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving an SUV and motorcycle near the intersection of Drane Field Road and South Pipkin Road. According to information gathered at the scene, prior to the crash, the Yamaha motorcycle was traveling east on Drane Field Road and passing another motorist. A ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 27, 2023) | GAI Community Solutions Group working with the City of Lakeland is hosting a public meeting on the Downtown West Action Plan Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

LAKELAND, FL (June 26, 2023) - On Sunday, June 25, 2023, at approximately 2:00 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 3000 block of Bartow Road for a hit-and-run crash involving a bicyclist. Upon arriving, officers located an unresponsive male who had been struck by a vehicle. Despite the efforts of first responders, the 42-year-old male was pronounced deceased at the scene. Ba ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 26, 2023) | The City of Lakeland Wastewater Collection Division will close a portion of East Orange Street to repair a failing sanitary sewer line. 

LAKELAND, FL (June 20, 2023) On Monday, June 19, 2023, at approximately 4:12 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving a single vehicle and a residence in 2100 block of North Crystal Lake Drive. Just before the crash, a 2016 Dodge Durango was traveling southbound on Longfellow Boulevard, approaching the intersection of North Crystal Lake Drive. The driver of the veh ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 19, 2023) | City Manager Shawn Sherrouse is pleased to announce Rob Hernandez as Assistant City Manager effective Monday, June 19, 2023. Hernandez is an accomplished public administrator with over three decades of municipal government leadership.  He most recently served as the City Manager for Cape Coral, Florida and spent three years as the City Manager for Savannah, Georgia.

LAKELAND, FL (June 8, 2023) | The City of Lakeland received a Silver designation from the national SolSmart program for encouraging the growth of clean, affordable solar energy at the local level.