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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.

LAKELAND, FL (January 6, 2023) | On the morning of Monday, January 9^th, City of Lakeland Wastewater crews will be conducting subsurface investigative work at the intersection of Central Avenue and Vista Place starting around 8 a.m.

LAKELAND, FL (January 5, 2023) – The 2023 festivities honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Junior include a jazz festival that starts Friday, January 20^th, and the MLK Parade on Saturday, January 21^st.

LAKELAND, FL (January 5, 2023) | Starting Friday, January 20, 2023, a number of downtown streets will be converted from signalized to all-way stop intersections. The following seven intersections near Munn Park will be converted with flashing lights and stop signs in place to control traffic movements:

UPDATE: To those who have asked for an update related to this investigation LAKELAND, FL (January 5, 2023) – At this point in the investigation, all evidence suggests that the adult female, 35-year-old Ortilla Zamora, intentionally drove her vehicle into Lake Wire on the morning of December 30, 2022. During the investigation, detectives learned from family members that she ...

LAKELAND, FL (January 3, 2023) - On Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Kenneth Bernard Bowers was arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred on December 26, 2022, at the Providence Reserve Apartments. Bowers, age 48, was located in Tampa, Florida, and taken into custody without incident. He faces charges of First Degree Murder, Attempted Murder in ...

LAKELAND, FL (December 19, 2022) - The City of Lakeland will host a series of public forums to gain public input as we start the planning process to revitalize the Munn Park area.  Consulting park planners want to hear from you on what active recreation uses the public would like to see in Munn Park. There will be two open forums where citizens will review possible design elements, share valuable feedback, and provide input on future park plans. The forums will take place in the Magnolia Building located at 702 East Orange Street, Lakeland.