COVID-19 report – 7.7.20 – Joint Task Force

(Editor’s note: Lakeland Commissioner Wesley Wright “sits in” for the Tuesday/Friday briefings of the City of Memphis Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force, mayors...

EDC/IDB met in-person for June meeting

By Steve Laster, chair of EDC/IDB     Lakeland’s EDC (Economic Development Commission) and IDB (Industrial Development Board) met June 25th at City Hall. This was the...

Happy July 4th today

It’s Independence Day in Lakeland and America, a federal holiday commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States July 4, 1776. Congress established Independence...

Masks now required in Shelby County

During a noon briefing today (7.3.20), Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) officials said masks will be required in public for anyone over 2 years...

COVID-19 report – 7.3.20

There have been 11,044 cases (442 new); 194 deaths; 135,413 tested; 7,125 recovered and 3,725 current.  No change in the deceased count for nursing...

LSC – special events for August: Registration required

Dulcimer lessons and craft classes are among new programs at the Lakeland Senior Center (LSC) for August, according to Kim Odom, LSC manager. “August happenings...

Holiday closures within Lakeland

The Lakeland Senior Center (LSC), City Hall, IH Clubhouse and Lakeland School System offices will be closed Friday (July 3rd) in observance of the...