Area Breaking News

As L.A.Day approaches this coming Saturday June 17, Chief Slusher and Lakeland Police Officers would like to remind everyone about safety concerns. As we have learned from years past people from all over will be in attendance which means there will be over crowding in certain areas. We want everyone to have a good time,…

  Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced preliminary grant awards totaling more than $83.5 million for 118 qualified projects to improve community-level public safety measures and address law enforcement staffing challenges that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Public safety has always been a top priority of my administration and will continue to be,” said…

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has been indicted on charges connected to his handling of classified national security records, writing on social media that he has been summoned to federal court on Tuesday in Miami. The precise charges that federal prosecutors have obtained against Trump were not immediately clear, but Trump said…

Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president, and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93. Robertson’s death Thursday was announced by his broadcasting network. No cause was given.…

Former Vice President Mike Pence promised “the best days of the greatest nation on earth are yet to come” in a video released Wednesday formally launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for president. “Different times call for different leadership,” Pence, who served four years alongside President Donald Trump, says in the video, released hours ahead of…

  June 5, 2023 ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr, Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney Billy J. Nelson, Jr., Richmond Hill Police Chief Mitch Shores, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Atlanta Field Division Special Agent in Charge Ben Gibbons, Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agent in Charge Israel Cadieux, and…

Crisp County Fire Rescue and Georgia Forestry Commission responded Friday June 2nd to a grain combine and wheat field fire. Upon arrival, units found the combine fully involved with 20 acres of wheat burning. Units first deployed to provide exposure protection for residentail structures until a fire line could be established. There were no injuries.…

On Saturday, June 3, the intersection of Vallotton Dr. and N Troupe St will be blocked from 1 pm to 7 pm. Please drive with caution.  

On May 26, 2023 Amarion Young, wanted for aggravated assault, has been captured and arrested in Jacksonville, Fl. US Marshals services was contacted by Lakeland Police for assistance in tracking down Young who’s been on the run since the November 2022 shooting occurred. It is unclear at this time what if any connections Young has…