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LAKELAND, FL (February 1, 2023) | The City of Lakeland’s Division of Solid Waste will be hosting a FREE Household Hazardous Waste and End of Life Electronics event in conjunction with the Polk County Solid Waste Division on Saturday, February 4, 2023, from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.  The collection event will take place at the Solid Waste Division Office address at 605 Evelyn Avenue (off Parker Street). This mobile collection event is intended to make it more convenient for our community to safely dispose of their waste and discarded electronic equipment.

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!

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.