More than 600 people have gotten sick from an outbreak of salmonella linked to red, white…
Month: October 2021
Polk County utility notice
Polk County Utilities will be constructing new valves in the water main along the Christina Parkway…
Daniel Strader leaves prison after 26 years
Daniel Strader, who carried out one of the largest financial fraud schemes in Polk County history,…
Why is Mayor Mutz still using taxpayer money to defend the moving of the cenotaph from Munn Park?
Can’t find we find a proper solution to this issue that plagues this city. A group…
Saga Stevin receives Lakeland Utility Workers endorsement for Mayor
Utility Workers Union AFL-CIO Local 604 Executive Board states, “Your vision (Saga) for the future of…
Help Locate Bruce “Robbie” Robinson?
**UPDATE** Robbie has been located safe. Tonight we received a report of a missing person, Bruce…
DON’T FAUCI MY FLORIDA!
Editorial Mayor Fauci???? Mayor Bill “Fauci” is giving his two medical cents….. “Relying on herd immunity adds…
Series LFD: Training
The Lakeland Fire Department prides itself on the extent and quality of the training it requires…
How To Keep Bats From Your Building
Bats in buildings? Fall is the time for exclusions. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…
FWC: Woodpecker Wonders
North America’s largest woodpecker, the pileated woodpecker, lives throughout the Sunshine State. These birds can be…
? WOOF WOOF ? WE NEED YOUR VOTE ?
The LakelandPD K9 Team is trying to win an amazing grant being offered by Aftermath. We…
Series LFD: History of the Department
In the beginning… Lakeland officially began as a community in 1885 and in its early days…
Meet Paige, Paisley, Pepe’, and Presley, and mom is Paulina
A few weeks ago, we rescued a mom and five scrawny kittens from a mobile home…
Come on Mayor Mutz tell us the truth …….
Editorial What is your relationship with BLM? Why didn’t the Police and Fire Unions endorse you?…
Lakeland Magic Year of the Fan Tickets On-Sale NOW!
The 2021-22 Lakeland Magic season is dedicated to the fans! As they celebrate their first championship…
The City of Lakeland now owns 101.46 acres for future Community Park
The City of Lakeland closed on land purchased for a future community park in southwest Lakeland.…
The video that everyone is asking about – Emma Mutz
Editorial Ms. Mutz is on a property that Mutz’s campaign has no permission to be on.…
Lakeland Firefighters have resumed their training schedules
Lakeland Firefighters have resumed their training schedules and are back in full swing out at our…
A Great Day for the swan’s – Lake Morton swans given clean bill of health
A day after Lakeland parks and recreation workers corralled 62 swans at Lake Morton; the birds on Wednesday…
A two-vehicle crash in unincorporated Haines City kills Winter Haven woman
A Winter Haven woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash east of Haines City Wednesday morning,…
Is Billy Townsend Bipolar and is he a Narcissist?
Editorial – This is not an attack but an opinion on someone that could use some…
Protect Building Sites from Theft
Building is booming in Polk County and so are construction-related thefts, according to feedback received by…
I never knew anyone that is such a liar –but, Mayor Bill Mutz is that person
Editorial We wrote an editorial: Dated 10/16/20 Bill Mutz, “I’m still all in for all of…
Pfizer vaccine GLOWS because of the toxic chemicals
Pfizer whistleblower, Melissa Strickler, reveals in an exclusive interview with LifeSite that the experimental vaccine GLOWS…
Homes for Heroes Circle of Giving
Grants are possible because of the Homes for Heroes Circle of Giving. When heroes buy, sell,…
The Last Mayoral Debate
The final Mayoral candidate forum will be Friday, sponsored by the Republican Club of Lakeland and…
Swan around-up 2021 Day 1
We are on Lake Morton this morning corralling swans so they are all ready to see…
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is #NationalDomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth and Sheriff Judd is joining the #ShedLightOnDV campaign by encouraging everyone to replace…
Did you know?
By Paul Waldmiller Did you know that Governor Ron DeSantis recently stated at a press conference…
FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION
On Saturday, October 16, 2021, at approximately 4:20 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving…
Meet Twix
Available for adoption is Twix, a sweet-faced three year-old chocolate-brown tortoiseshell kitty. Unique coloring and markings…
Fatal Motorcycle Accident westbound SR-400 at Milepost 43, west of SR-559
V-1, a 2017 marked Florida Highway Patrol Dodge patrol car, was stationary in the inside shoulder…
Is the BLM movement on borrowed time?
By K. WARD CUMMINGS Have you ever visited Monticello, the Virginia home of Thomas Jefferson? Nestled in…
The Sarasota County School District has removed a Black Lives Matter narrative from all its 5th grade reading curriculum materials
District leaders wrote in a letter sent to parents last week that the narrative was removed…
Hollis Garden
Attention Lakelanders – this is not a drill. Hollis Garden has fall-themed photo scenes. Find out…
Lakeland firefighters were recognized by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Lakeland firefighters were recognized by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution this…
Kiwanis Cares for Kids Treehouse
One of the many highlights in the Bonnet Springs Park is the Kiwanis Cares for Kids…
Lakeland City Commission Approves Shipping Containers for Housing and Small Businesses Use
Shipping containers now can be used as tiny homes on property zoned for mobile homes or…