High-speed crash on County Road 540A ‘absolutely disintegrated’ car, killing 18-year-old driver and leaving passenger in critical condition.
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Hurricane Idalia: Latest Updates as Lakeland Prepares for Strong Winds and Rain
Hurricane Idalia is expected to make landfall in the Big Bend area north of Tampa Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm.
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Lakeland Commissioners Consider Adding More Red-Light Cameras
The camera at South Florida Avenue and Beacon Road needs to be relocated. LPD has suggested two alternate locations.
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Polk County Fire Rescue Ambulance Crashes Through Wall of Proud Gator
Two crew members were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. No patients were in the ambulance at the time of the crash.
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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.
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SUV Crashes Into Lakeland Home, Killing 24-Year-Old Soccer Player
The Lakeland United Football Club identified the man as player Yuri dos Santos Vasconcelos, a student-athlete from Brazil.
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70-Year-Old Man Run Over by City Street Sweeper
The victim was a longtime resident of Lighthouse Ministries. The accident occurred in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday.
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LPD, LFD Work to End Stigma Around Seeking Help for Mental Health
‘We see things humans are not designed to see … over and over and over again,’ Assistant Police Chief Steven Pacheco said.
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LPD Patrol Vehicles to Get a New All-Black Look
The Lakeland Police Department can save $3,000 per vehicle by making them a single color instead of black-and-white.
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State Leaders Gather in Polk To Discuss Human Trafficking as Exploitation of Migrant Children Surges
Technology gives predators more access to children, but it also enables investigators to bring down entire networks of traffickers.