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october 8
- Lakeland public transit won't expand Saturday service until November over union dispute
- Jay Ambrose: Trump has the virus and Democrats have their faults
- Guest Column: Don't cut funding for youth diversion, prevention programs
- Editorial: A wake-up call to keep taking COVID-19 seriously
- Today's editorial cartoon (Oct. 8, 2020)
- Winter Haven Commission drops mandatory face masks after Gov. DeSantis order
- 2nd presidential debate switched to virtual: Trump vows not to participate, Biden says OK
- Lakeland Habitat for Humanity expands home-repair program for vets in Polk
- Vehicle overturned on US 98 in Highland City following crash
- Rivalry games could reveal much about Polk's top football teams
- Friday night's Polk County prep football games at a glance
- FWC announces extra Gulf red snapper days
- Tides and solunars: Know when to hit the outdoors (Oct. 9, 2020)
- US layoffs remain elevated as 840,000 seek jobless aid
- Jenkins girls favored in 3-team battle at Polk cross country meet
- High court nominee Coney Barrett served as 'handmaid' in religious group
- Ring Rust: Ring of Honor Pure title a ‘Holy Grail’ for Tracy Williams
- Ask Amy: Spouse’s spending creates a debt trap
- Saltwater fishing: Redfish bite is picking up around Tampa Bay
- 13 charged in plots against Michigan governor, police
- American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature
- Jobless claims spike as layoffs continue in Florida
- State reports 125 more COVID cases for Polk County, 7 new deaths
- Lakeland man sentenced to 3 years for hit-and-run of 11-year-old girl
- Sports on TV for Friday, Oct. 9, 2020
- Doctors and nurses battle COVID-19 skeptics
- Misiuk: Cures for a malfunctioning diaphragm
- Record-setting 18-foot, 9-inch python captured in the Everglades