Lakeland News

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 3:26 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 3:28 p.m. LAKELAND Construction over the next two weeks will close parts of Lime Street and Massachusetts Avenue in downtown Lakeland.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:40 p.m. LAKELAND Traffic on U.S. 92 has reopened at the scene of a traffic crash that killed one man and injured another near the entrance to Saddle Creek Park in Lakeland this afternoon.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 2:48 a.m. LAKELAND An 18-year-old Lakeland man's death has been ruled a suicide, according to the Polk County Medical Examiner's Office.

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. LAKELAND A Griffin Elementary kindergarten teacher is under investigation for twice mistakenly placing a 5-year-old student on a school bus, which drove her to an empty home at a North Lakeland apartment complex.

You haven't a clue, do you? I, on the other hand, know that my hard drive is running at a pleasant 104 degrees -- well within its safety zone.

A Lakeland man died early Saturday when he was thrown from a car that crashed at the junction of Old Polk City Road and Commonwealth Avenue.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:18 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:07 a.m. LAKELAND Undercover officers caught playing a Nintendo Wii bowling game during a home search earlier this year continue to get strikes, only these are ones they don't want - the kind that leave black marks in their personnel files.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 9:18 a.m. LAKELAND The Lakeland City Commission this morning is discussing whether it can have Jan.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. LAKELAND The most serious allegations raised in internal investigations against two Lakeland Police officers were dropped in a settlement agreement announced Thursday.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:26 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:27 p.m. LAKELAND Ernest Alton Fairley, 31, of 305 W. Carter Road, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Wednesday night.

Richard Thomas, 36, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single federal count of possessing anabolic steroids with intent to sell, according to court documents.

Some members of a task force that was caught on camera playing a video game while executing a search warrant will receive retraining.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:56 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. LAKELAND The Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce recently received five-star accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. When people hear the words "American Legion," Ryan Gonzalez says most think either of kids or seniors.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:26 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:06 p.m. TAMPA A 36-year-old Lakeland man who deputies said claimed to be the largest anabolic steroids dealer in Central Florida has accepted a plea deal.

It was simple math in the Class 5A Regional quarterfinal match in Haines City. The Lakeland Dreadnaughts had few unforced errors and the Haines City Hornets did not play defense well.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. An 18-year-old woman who was shot in the chest Nov.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:42 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:42 p.m. LAKELAND Aaron Peterman is going down in the Lakeland Police Department's history books as the highest-scoring K-9 handler in the agency's history and ranked second in the nation.

Rob Curry doesn't believe in God. "There isn't any way to distinguish any God from make-believe," said Curry, the President of the Atheists of Florida.

A Lakeland Fire Department battalion chief who broke city regulations when he forwarded an e-mail advertising the services of a financial investment company received an informal reprimand from his superiors last month.