CITY CHARTER: With a new chief executive in place, city commissioners are ready to review the city charter for possible changes; meanwhile, a group pushing for a strong mayor continues pushing for a vote on the issue, possibly in a mail-in ballot special election.

LPD: A Police Department part-timer has been fired after an investigation determined she failed to report an accident when she backed into an assistant chief’s cruiser and dented it last April.

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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.

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