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LAKELAND, FL (January 19, 2024) | City Water Department crews are repairing a water main break that is impacting the westbound lane of 540A from Scott Lake Road to Lakeland Highlands Road. The water main break was discovered Thursday, January 18 with crews continuing to work on the repair Friday, January 19, 2024. Traffic control is in place for the duration of the work to leas ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 11, 2024) | The festivities honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Junior include a jazz festival and parade starting Saturday, January 20, 2024.

LAKELAND, FL (January 17, 2024) | The City of Lakeland has a preventative maintenance schedule for street resurfacing and the schedule includes five streets that will be worked on in succession starting January 18, 2024. Contractors working for the City of Lakeland will start milling the asphalt surface down to the road base and then systematically pave the road before moving on to the next street. 

UPDATE: Mr. Harris has been located safe in Manatee County. Thank you to everyone who helped share the information. ORIGINAL RELEASE:   SILVER ALERT:  HELP LOCATE EVERETT HARRIS A Florida Silver Alert has been issued for 80-year-old Everett Harris. He left an appointment at a business in the 400 block of South Florida Avenue around 11:03 a.m. today. The vehicle he was ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 13, 2024) – On January 12, 2024, at approximately 11:31 p.m., officers responded to the area near the 1500 block of Kennedy Boulevard after receiving a call of an unresponsive female lying in the grassy area the roadway. Members of the Lakeland Police Department, Lakeland Fire Department, and Polk County Fire Rescue responded to the scene to render aid and ...

A Florida Silver Alert has been issued for 80-year-old Everett Harris. He left an appointment at a business in the 400 block of South Florida Avenue around 11:03 a.m. today. The vehicle he was driving was a 2011 gold colored Toyota Avalon bearing Florida Specialty tag number QD269. Detectives received information his vehicle was last seen headed southbound in the 4600 block ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 11, 2024) | The festivities honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Junior include a jazz festival and parade starting Saturday, January 20, 2024.

LAKELAND, FL (January 8, 2024) | The City of Lakeland will begin construction to install a nutrient-separating pollution control device (PCD) at an existing drainage outfall to Lake Bonny.  The project site is located on the north side of North Crystal Lake Drive near the intersection of US Highway 98 North. 

LAKELAND, FL (January 5, 2024) | The City of Lakeland will start the paving process on South Boulevard, Success Avenue and East Park Street starting January 15, 2024.

LAKELAND, FL (January 4, 2024) | Over 10 years ago, the City of Lakeland moved to a consolidated online application system for building permit, planning, code enforcement, and business tax receipt functions within the Community and Economic Development Department.  This system will be replaced on January 22, 2024 with a new, more robust platform. The new iMS platform replaces the older and outdated eTrakit system. iMS stands for Intuitive Municipal Solutions and the new system promises to have rich customer friendly features and an easy to navigate interface for the end user.