july 27
- Polk School Board candidate misses hearing, faces Florida Bar probe
- Bill and Kathy Pou provide naming gift for LRH psychiatric unit
- Polk details parental-permission process for 16 challenged books
- Southwest Florida Water Management District board proposes lower tax rate
- Polk County trash: Missed collections spark contract discussions
- Polk Schools: Haines City High full, but new students can go to Ridge
- Polk school campaign manager's companies were sued by Texas church
- The Lakeland Ledger continues its commitment to diversity in news
- Chandler Cornelius and Shane Walls win Bass Bandits of Brandon tourney
- Freshwater: Anglers continue to reel in bass, especially along shoreline grass
- Polk sheriff investigating shooting death of 17-year-old in Haines City
- DeSantis appoints 3 from Polk County to Judicial Nominating Commission
- Lakeland hospital to build South Florida Avenue facility for ER care