Lkld This Week: Ups, Downs, Ins and Outs

Tropic Watch: still eerily quiet but we’re not complaining.

TOP STORY

We hope you had a good Labor day weekend. Welcome back to our second-ever City Hall Scoop in which Josh Shepherd distills over 3 hours of a City Commission meeting into a 4-minute read to make it easy to stay informed on what your city government is doing. Get the scoop.

City Hall Scoop 9/8: Water Fines Rise, Electric Rates Fall

September 8, 2026

Reader Poll

Last week, we asked if you are for or against the removal of license plate readers from Lakeland roads. You said:

53% said Yes
47% said No

What you said:

For the removal: “Flock cameras don’t have enough built in safegaurds to keep them from being abused.” – ” I don’t think anyone should have access to where I’m traveling to and from without me telling them.” – “America and Florida should not be a surveillance state.”

Against: “They help police resolve crimes.” – “It helps catch criminals. Law abiding people have no worries.” – “They help protect us if used correctly & information deleted after a certain time period.”

INS AND OUTS

Stacy Campbell-Domineck’s future at both CareerSource Polk and on the board at the Lakeland Housing Authority hangs in the balance. Lakeland Community Theatre shakes up its leadership. Aspiring Governor Byron Donalds shakes hands and holds babies at Lakeland stop.

Commission Questions Suspended CareerSource Leader’s Future on Lakeland Housing Authority Board

September 10, 2026

Lakeland Community Theater Names Interim Leader; Alan Reynolds Out

September 8, 2026

Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Byron Donalds Makes Campaign Stop in Lakeland

September 3, 2026

From a LkldNow Sponsor

Bank of Central Florida Personalizes Client Banking Relationships

By Bank of Central Florida

September 4, 2026

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Bite-sized news we didn’t want you to miss.

Detroit Tigers and Florida Poly Collab Creates Opportunities in Sports Science

New partnership will embed Florida Poly faculty with the Tigers’ Performance Science group, driving research in data science, sport analytics, and performance science.

Hometown Football Star and Emmy-Winning Journalist Will Headline LkldNow Event

On Thursday, September 24, LkldNow is hosting Candid Conversations: Behind the Game, featuring Ahmad Black — Lakeland native, Gators national champion, and former NFL safety — and Mike Nabors, Emmy-winning […]

Don’t miss out on this year’s Candid Conversations event. Join us and LHS and Gator national champion Ahmad Black with Emmy-winning journalist Mike Nabors for an unforgettable conversation about football, community, and what’s next for the game.

As a valued reader, we’re giving you 20% off tickets with promo code: NEWSLETTER20

Get Tickets

This year, your support helps to fund the news you read here every week, but we’re also raising money to help expand our coverage into local sports. We think high school and college sports are incredibly important to community life in Lakeland.