The City Commission is scheduled to meet Wednesday morning for a special session to discuss a resolution supporting USFP “or any independent successor organization.” Here is the proposed resolution in...

If you were watching Twitter last night*, you read that Keith Merritt defeated Elliott Dorsch and Phillip Walker narrowly escaped a run-off election as he bested Ricky Sarah and Christopher Dobson. As we do after every...

From the Lakeland City Public Information Office… The City of Lakeland is offering its 10th Annual Citizens Academy to area residents starting February 23, 2011. The Citizens Academy is a free, hands-on, interactive...

If you live in unincorporated Polk County there are changes for your garbage collection coming this month. According to the County website changes (for unincorporated Polk County) will include: - Single-day,...

During each city commission agenda study we tweet important points from the agenda or select comments from the commissioners and staff. We try to link each comment to the appropriate item on the agenda. This week we’re...

Lakeland Local will televise tonight’s City of Lakeland eTown Hall Meeting. Through the Net and on TV, the city is hoping to attract viewers who aren’t usually able to make Commission meetings downtown at City...

Various traffic fine changes went into effect May 24th, with the new fine schedule to start Thursday, July 1st. Below is a quick guide to Traffic Fines constructed by the Lakeland Police Department. Penalty...

City Commissioner Justin Troller has been on the job for two years. Long enough to see the need for some changes to the biweekly City Commission Regular Meeting. At this morning’s biweekly commission regular meeting...

On April 20, 1992, Gow Fields took his seat as the appointed Lakeland city commissioner representing the Northwest District. Recommended for the position by the departing commissioner, Fields appointment was challenged by a...

Assuming a candidate doesn’t drop out of the race today — and it is possible with the way things have been in the Southeast District these last few months — Lakeland is having an election tomorrow. The...

Seth McKeelAfter including Seth McKeel in my Friday night callout of local conservative politicos concerning their spiritual leader El Rushbo, I’m going to praise him today. You may know this already, but McKeel has...

This morning Don Selvage will be sworn-in as the City Commissioner representing Lakeland’s Southwest District. Lakeland Local recently sat down with Selvage to hear his thoughts before taking office… What do you...

At today’s city commission meeting, after much public comment and a spirited discussion, the commissioners voted against the conditional approval of a hookah bar in downtown Lakeland. However, after a long recess and...

Yesterday, United States Postal Service (USPS) officials released their current list of stations and branches under review for closing (pdf). Once slated for closing, the Dixieland Post Office has been removed from...