Lakeland FL

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CSX Transportation will temporarily close two rail crossings in Lakeland, Florida, for repairs in November 2025. The North Crystal Lake Drive crossing, located between Bartow Road and Bonisee Circle, will be closed from 10 a.m. on November 10 to 6 p.m. on November 13.

McCarley, 54, overcame three challengers to win 50.3% of the vote. Cedric Valrie received 19.5%, Kay Klymko 17.3% and Kaitlin Gracie Kramer 13%. About 19% of Lakeland’s 62,600 voters cast ballots. Many who voted by mail in recent years went to the polls in person after discovering that their mail-in ballot requests...

Lakeland officials will seek approximately $4.1 million in state funds next year to help complete a variety of infrastructure and public safety projects. City commissioners met Nov. 3 to discuss what appropriation requests they will make from their state legislative delegation going into the January 2026 session....

Author and professor Joy Castro will speak Nov. 6 at Florida Southern College in the Florida Lecture Series . Castro grew up in Miami, London and West Virginia, and she lived in Texas and Indiana before settling in Nebraska, where she is the Willa Cather Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of...

Disclaimer: The article has mentions of violence. A Florida sheriff is being called a hero for saving a 7-year-old boy who was being held hostage by his 27-year-old brother at his home. The suspect identified as Mario Camacho was choking the younger brother and not letting him go. The Hillsborough County deputy’s...

A Pasco County firefighter has been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at another driver during a road rage confrontation in Lakeland.

Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q on Bruce B Downs Boulevard was found with 18 violations during a complaint inspection on October 22, 2025, according to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. The state organization issued a warning and required a follow-up inspection for the Wesley Chapel restaurant...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – If the pursuit of a $131.55 shoplifting suspect seems “petty,” then the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) is happy to wear the badge. Their persistence in a case dating back to February has resulted in a felony grand theft charge and the arrest of a man wanted in two other counties.

On Friday, October 31, 2025, a theft occurred at Dick's Sporting Goods in Davenport's Posner Park. Authorities report that 33-year-old Cumesha Loanmen of Auburndale was involved in the incident.