Lakeland Detectives Narrowly Escape Being Shot

Security camera footage shows a man firing 15 rounds toward their passing SUV as a little girl watches.


Driver Dies When Pickup Truck and Train Collide Along Kathleen Road

Traffic was snarled for hours following the 3:25 p.m. Tuesday accident.

‘Safe Moves for Seniors’ Opens Office in Lakeland

Nonprofit organization provides free moving services to low-income seniors relocating within Polk County.

Lakeland’s Newest Hotspot is a Speakeasy Called ‘La Gran Muralla’

The Asian-Latin fusion bar and restaurant has a ‘secret’ entrance disguised as a Coca-Cola vending machine.

CURATED LAKELAND NEWS

Polk school district renegotiating contract for bus cameras after legal questions are raised | The Ledger

SEU opens life skills house for special-needs middle and high school students | Fox 13 News

Large cannabis cultivating facility in Lakeland changes hands for $11.4 million cash | Benzinga

Polk commissioners will discuss a possible increase in impact fees on Friday | news release

Following LHS’ 16-8 ‘upset’ over Miami Central, coach calls Malik Morris the best player in the U.S. | Sports Illustrated

Sheriff’s Office: Wanted man shoots, kills himself after shooting toward deputies near West Socrum Loop Road | ABC Action News

IDEA Lakeland, Polk’s newest charter school, employs data and a focus on college prep for K-6 students | The Ledger

Immerse yourself in art | Friday | 6-10 p.m. | ART/ifact Studios, 820 N. Massachusetts Ave.
Chroma fest features art, live performances, food, fashions and a night market. Tickets: $10

Experience soul line dancing | Friday | 7-10 p.m. | Bonnet Springs Park
The park ends its summer Sunset Dance series with Soul Line Dancing to classic soul, R&B, and Top 40s music across the decades with instruction by Above Your Expectations Dance Team and DJ Fabulouz. It takes place outside The Depot, near The Allen & Company Family Lawn. Free.

Re-live CCR swamp rock | Friday | 7 p.m.-midnight | Union Hall
The Detectives perform hits of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Tickets: $10

A bright rainbow was briefly visible west of Lake Hunter Monday morning. LkldNow’s Barry Friedman captured the image when he was headed to WLKF radio, where he discusses Lakeland news on the station’s “Polk County Live.” Listen on Mondays shortly after 7:30 a.m. at 96.7 FM and 1430 AM.

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Barry Friedman founded Lkldnow.com in 2015 as the culmination of a career in print and digital journalism. Since 1982, he has used the tools of reporting, editing and content curation to help people in Lakeland understand their community better.