Lakeland officials emphasize pedestrian safety due to a troubling rise in fatalities. With ten deaths reported this year, ...

Former Lakeland Mayor James “Jim” Phillip Bomprezzi Sr. is being remembered for his dedication as a public servant and impact ...

Following the change, the Office of Human Resources and the university's police department will report to different ...

Dupree has been missing since Friday, September 19. According to officials, Jaiden said she was taking an Uber to her father’s house in Winter Haven — but she never arrived. If you have any ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — City police are searching for the driver of a pickup that was involved in a Friday hit-and-run that sent a man to the hospital. Lakeland Police say that 29-year-old Justin Jones was ...

A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him. The Polk County Sheriff’s ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — It takes new Lakeland police officers 9-14 months before they get into the field, a process that includes vetting, field training and attendance at the police academy and a ...

Two Lakeland men were killed in a car crash last week. Lakeland police say the men died several days after the April 29 crash. The deadly crash is under investigation. LAKELAND, Fla. - A deadly ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — The Lakeland Police Department is welcoming a new K-9 to its ranks and he's been named after a local hero. Chief Special Warfare Operator Austin Rivers Irby was a Navy SEAL and a ...

A 24-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly stabbing a man in the back four times at a Lakeland nightclub in what police say was a racially biased attack, according to the Lakeland Police ...