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july 31
- 2020 Ledger All-Academic Team: Mason, Spradlin lead the way
- Lakeland Republican Franklin blasts primary opponent Spano over Facebook ads
- Scott Franklin's congressional bid scrambles Polk Republicans' support for Ross Spano
- Miss Manners: Cream cheese conundrum
- McCaughey: Using lifesaving drugs as a means of redistribution
- Dear Abby: Words intended to comfort only trigger man's grief
- Editorial: Time for fairness on sales tax
- Ask Amy: Couple stuck in limbo over decision to have children
- Letters:
- Letter:
- Polk centenarian reflects on 100 years of love, loss and constant motion
- Gadget Daddy: A camera for kids that prints pictures
- Trump faces rare rebuke from GOP for floating election delay
- Isaias becomes a hurricane, expected to get stronger
- Your good news in Polk County
- Today's editorial cartoon (July 31, 2020)
- Ring Rust: Indy wrestler Warhorse gets his shot
- Sleepy lions, empty bars, lost jobs: A world without tourism
- Grammy-winning Christian band Casting Crowns coming to Lakeland's Silver Moon Drive-In
- Fatal Polk multivehicle crash closes lanes on I-4
- Fatal Polk multi-vehicle crash closes lanes on I-4, Florida Highway Patrol says
- Polk records 6 deaths from COVID-19 as Florida sets record
- Polk records 6 deaths from COVID-19 as Florida sets record
- Ghislaine Maxwell case: Judge bans lawyers from IDing Epstein abuse victims
- Fauci optimistic COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available
- Auburndale lawyer loses law license for 5 years
- Polk judge appointed to state appellate court
- Lake Wales reconsidering a mask mandate
- NAIA pushes football playoffs to spring
- Pat Dooley: Questions abound with SEC football move
- Tampa teen charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin theft
- Victory holds showcase with COVID-19 killing college offers
- Victory holds showcase with COVID-19 killing college offers
- Despite virus threat, Black voters wary of voting by mail
- Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
- Pac-12 sets Sept. 26 start for 10-game football schedule
- Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
- Magic beat Nets 128-118 in restart opener
- Trump faces divisions with Senate GOP on virus aid
- NYPD chief, protesters roughed up in Brooklyn Bridge clash
- Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing
- Doctor: Virus surge in Tulsa 'more than likely' linked to Trump rally
- Florida again reports more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases
- AP Source: Ivy League calls off fall sports because of outbreak
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won't retire from Supreme Court
- New Florida laws address sea level, algae, pythons, iguanas
- Disney World reopens as coronavirus cases surge in Florida
- UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test
- 2 Polk homicide suspects surrender, PCSO says
- COVID-19: Winter Haven set to approve face mask mandate, begin free giveaway
- Citrus avoids DeSantis veto bloodbath, but other Polk projects lose $1.4M
- White House aware of Russian bounties on American troops in 2019, US officials say
- In risky bid, Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters
- Polk among Florida's worst-hit 'red zone' counties for COVID-19
- Goya CEO, praising Trump, sparks online culture clash
- Trump's grand GOP convention plans shrink as virus surges
- Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd: Reward in Frostproof fishing trip triple murder raised to $30,000
- Polk migrant advocates seek support, virus testing for workers
- Enhanced crowd audio adds another dimension to fanless games
- Bill Cotterell: If Biden and Trump were stocks, how would you invest?
- Ring Rust: Adams staying very busy
- Sessions loses GOP nomination to old Senate seat as Tuberville defeats former AG in Alabama primary
- Former Winter Haven coach Sidney Bell remembered as 'father figure'
- Young activists, localists top Hong Kong pro-democracy polls
- Building destroyed in Luna Berry Farms fire
- Latino, Black neighborhoods struggle with test disparities
- How the coronavirus spread through one immigration facility
- 2020 Eyes on the QBs: Dereon Coleman already turning heads
- 'Glee' star Naya Rivera missing, dive teams searching California lake
- Trump in battleground Florida, postpones New Hampshire rally
- Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review
- Guest Column: Polls count, but don't bet on them
- Nature of Things: Divisions bubble up on Polk Water Cooperative
- Virus sends jobless claims up for first time since March
- Portland protesters gassed after setting fire at courthouse
- 3 Polk friends 'viciously murdered,' manhunt underway for killer, Judd says
- Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention
- US unemployment: Number of laid-off workers seeking jobless aid stuck at 1.3M
- Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can't be trusted
- Trump has been on both sides of the states' rights argument
- Ballon d'Or canceled this year amid coronavirus disruption
- When there was no Prohibition on murder
- Johnny Depp denies violence during 'tailspin' marriage
- Polk Tax Collector: Driver license numbers possibly exposed in virus attack
- Puig picks Braves, Glasnow makes strong return to Rays
- McKeel softball player Warren thrives for travel team bound for Junior Olympic Cup
- Scanlon: MLB could strikeout in return
- US bets on untested company to deliver COVID vaccine
- Florida Southern directs focus to racial issues, Black alumni complaints
- Robles works out with Nats, Pirates lose prospect to virus
- Winter Haven camp was shut down for 2 days because of COVID-19
- Tropical Storm Gonzalo strengthens, expected to become hurricane; wave in Gulf could become TS Hannah
- Florida's 3rd-highest total shoots state past 200,000; Polk's 3rd-highest total soars county past 5,000
- Wayne Mixson, Florida's governor for 3 days, has died
- Joe Biden has a long to-do list if he wins the White House
- Florida deploys first mobile ICU to Winter Haven Hospital
- Biden pledges New Deal-like economic agenda to counter Trump
- Lakeland native, County Music Hall of Famer Bobby Braddock publishes book
- Election costs soar in prep for virus voting
- Disney World reopening: Parades, close-ups with Mickey out
- WH threatens defense bill veto over Confederate base names
- Governments around world eye tougher steps to fight virus
- Mets' deGrom, Cubs' Rizzo dealing with back issues
- Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over Confederate flag, rope
- 2 Polk teams win Dixie Softball state championships
- Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier
- Man found dead may be linked to shooting at NJ judge's house
- Elizabeth Warren's new role: Key Joe Biden policy adviser
- Photos: Independence Day celebrations
- Protesters hit with gas as locals demand feds leave Portland
- 2 charged with attempted murder of bicyclist in Bartow
- Powerful quake jolts Alaska towns, produces small tsunami
- Polk's death toll spikes to 1-day high; virus cases surge near 5,500 in county
- Kelly Preston, actor and wife of John Travolta, dies at 57
- Florida Time: When Bundy and Rolling were country's most wanted
- Polk officials, coaches support FHSAA decision to delay fall sports
- Canadian court invalidates asylum agreement with the US
- US rule targets disease-stricken countries to deny asylum
- Michael Reagan: God save America -- from Joe Biden
- Justices rule states can bind presidential electors' votes
- Coronavirus Update: Polk's deadliest week of COVID-19 pandemic reaches 42 deaths
- Pandemic becomes politically fraught for Florida Gov. DeSantis
- A deeply divided Poland chooses a president in runoff vote
- Statue of Black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader
- Two weeks then gone? Not even close, say doctors about lingering effects of COVID-19
- Haines City reaches end -- finally -- in election saga
- Judge says no to special election in Haines City; Tyler will take the seat
- Coronavirus Update: Polk County sets weekly record for COVID-19 deaths; Florida tops 400,000 cases
- Ousted Florida scientist Rebekah Jones' whistleblower complaint takes aim at Gov. Ron DeSantis
- Michigan village starts flood recovery, awaits funds
- Country rocker, fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at 83
- Testing results fall behind Polk's surge in COVID-19 cases
- Briscoe wins 2nd straight to complete dream weekend at Indy
- Civil rights icon C.T. Vivian dies at 95
- Naya Rivera: 'Sonar, divers search for 'Glee' star thought to have drowned
- Wanted: Poll workers for primary election in Polk
- PCSO: 4 teens injured, 1 critical, in house party hit-and-run in Loughman
- Florida Time: The anthem that helped change history
- Biden's bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives
- Floods kill 14 in China as water peaks at Three Gorges Dam
- Genoa beats Lecce 2-1 to boost survival bid, Spal relegated
- Guest Column: Citrus Connection fulfilling its motto during pandemic
- Gadget Daddy: iPhone is now a teenager
- Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
- Polk Black Lives Matter members pointedly address Lakeland police chief
- A safe return for golf as Berger wins Colonial in a playoff
- Trump hails jobs report, but US unemployment rate still high
- A drug offers hope amid spikes in coronavirus infections
- Poland's momentous presidential runoff too close to call
- Mass protests rock Russian Far East city, challenge Kremlin
- Protests shift to memorializing George Floyd amid push for change
- Airman charged with murder of federal officer at courthouse
- Safe at home? Social distancing difficult around MLB plates
- US base namesakes include slaveholders, failed generals
- Tropical Storm Cristobal weakens into depression, drenches Mississippi River basin
- SEC's Sankey: Federal NIL law needed for fair competition
- Gadget Daddy: Finally, headphones aren't an excuse for not hearing mom
- NFL facing unending series of questions, uncertain answers
- As virus roars back, so do signs of a new round of layoffs
- Community activists launch campaign to change Byrd's mind
- Bill Kemp: Tucked away safely, FHSAA board fails leadership test
- Most Polk nursing homes report COVID-19 cases
- Tourist rescued after being trapped 6 days in well in Bali
- Germany: US troop reduction could harm NATO security
- Judge: $750K bail for 3 ex-officers accused in George Floyd's death
- John Micek: If you want law and order, give us justice!
- 'When does it stop?' Slain man's family makes tearful plea
- America marks Juneteenth as protests bring new attention
- Florida reports 10,000 coronavirus cases for 1st time
- Fire at French cathedral in Nantes destroys famed organ
- Upcoming MLB free agents have fewer games to impress
- 'Get your knee off our necks!': George Floyd mourned in Minneapolis
- Hong Kong security law takes aim at protester actions
- Tom Purcell: The personal touch of a handwritten note
- Senate GOP police bill hits roadblock, as Dems seek changes
- Over 1 million marooned in Bangladesh as floods worsen
- Polk Banking News: CenterState completes merger with South State
- Céspedes expects to be DH for Mets on opening day
- Uncertainty abounds as college teams scramble to find games
- Thousands line up for George Floyd's memorial in Houston
- Liz Peek: To revive booming economy, trust Trump over Biden
- Rusty Ronaldo looking to improve in Italian Cup final
- Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
- Florida shatters one-day coronavirus case record with 5,500
- White House drops payroll tax cut after GOP allies object
- Japan battered by more heavy rain, floods; 58 dead
- Fire at Iran nuke site hit new centrifuge facility, analysts say
- Lakeland's new hotel offers sneak peek ahead of grand opening
- Busch disqualified after Xfinity win, Cindric 3rd win in row
- NASCAR Cup rookie Cole Custer wins in upset at Kentucky
- Separated by pandemic, Lakeland couple meets for final farewell
- Florida hits new coronavirus death mark with 156 in one day
- Rebuilding MLB clubs hope to keep developing top prospects
- 1 of 2 protesters hit by driver on Seattle freeway dies
- Florida Walmart shopper charged with pulling gun during mask dispute
- Trump says virus in US will get worse before it gets better
- Fear, despair, outrage, hope: Athletes open up on why they joined protests
- Federal judge voids Georgia 'heartbeat' abortion restriction
- Polk students have experiments being flown by NASA
- Column: NASCAR rolls on, through crisis and controversy