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Amtrak Train Hits Vehicle Transporter Near Lake Parker, Causing Fuel Spill

No fatalities were reported, but eight train passengers were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with ‘non-critical’ injuries.

The Lakeland United Football Club identified the man as player Yuri dos Santos Vasconcelos, a student-athlete from Brazil.

The victim was a longtime resident of Lighthouse Ministries. The accident occurred in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday.

‘We see things humans are not designed to see … over and over and over again,’ Assistant Police Chief Steven Pacheco said.

The Lakeland Police Department can save $3,000 per vehicle by making them a single color instead of black-and-white.

Technology gives predators more access to children, but it also enables investigators to bring down entire networks of traffickers.

Talk of consolidating school safety personnel comes as the superintendent continues to reorganize the school district.

Lakeland resident, 69, dies after he lost control of his vehicle and he was ejected when it rolled over.

A 20-page policy governs the use of the video equipment that is being issued to 265 officers.

All Polk law enforcement agencies are participating in the gang task force, along with state and federal agencies.