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may 1
- Lawmakers reach $90 billion-plus budget deal
- Lakeland Regional Health sues Aetna for more than $1M
- House approves school voucher program
- Mueller frustrated with Barr over portrayal of findings
- Fort Meade routs Wildwood
- McKeel beats Avon Park in their Class 5A, District 4 Softball Game
- Lake Region tops Groveland South Lake
- Lake Wales 9, Auburndale 0
- Edwards, Bryant lead Lake Gibson past Winter Haven
- Torrres' perfect game leads McKeel in rout over Avon Park
- Seffner Christian beats Lakeland Christian
- Bucks defeat Celtics in Game 2
- Blue Jackets beat Bruins to take 2-1 series lead
- Lawmakers block plastic straw laws
- Shutout on the diamond
- Benefits change would help people with disabilities
- Dallas officer who shot unarmed neighbor tells 911: 'I thought it was my apartment'
- Editorial: Public health needs a shot in the arm
- Polk Perspective: Sacrificing the ultimate on the altar of the immediate
- Thomas: The Democrats' economy problem
- Dvorak: Baby boomers, it's Gen X's turn to lead
- Today's editorial cartoon (May 1, 2019)
- Letter: A voice from the past
- Letter: Limiting access to guns will reduce gun violence
- Letter: Democrats spread their magical pixie dust
- Florida Lottery results for Tuesday, April 30, 2019
- Miss Manners: Hurt by out-of-town friend's refusal to detour
- Ask Amy: Parent ponders assault allegation
- Dear Abby: Invitations from friend are declined for safety reasons
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for bail-jumping
- Photos - TREMENDOUS 10: A look at Polk County's top prep performances
- 2018 General Social Survey: Many college grads feel their grip on US middle class loosening
- Parkland massacre defendant's attorneys to remain for now
- AG William Barr, special counsel Robrt Mueller trade barbs as Russia probe rift goes public
- Mexican actor Pablo Lyle charged with manslaughter in road-rage death of Miami motorist
- Second day of protests as Venezuelans vie to tip balance toward opposition leader Juan Guaido
- Lawmakers greenlight 3 toll road projects — 1 through Lakeland
- System in Atlantic gets 20 percent chance of development
- Tag team wrestling gets major push with ROH pairing
- Chai Milk Stout Nitro finishes light
- Restaurant review: West Caribbean Cuban in Lakeland delights blue- and white-collar diners alike
- Music and musings from the FiArt Festival
- Counterculture closer to home
- Sisterhood of smoke: Lakeland club for women who find joy in a good cigar
- Publix growth chugging along
- Woman arrested on child abuse charge after fleeing to Polk County
- Alert issued for three missing children in Pasco County
- Hugs, tears mark taping of 'Big Bang Theory' series finale
- Jenkins spring camp stretches out with 4-day weeks
- Here's why Instagram is going to hide your 'likes'
- Apple trade-ins and discounts spark iPhone revival
- Compromise reached in trespassing dispute
- SEU's track teams win first conference title
- SEU is No. 1 seed in Sun baseball tourney
- Webber, Warner in Sun Softball Tourney
- Polk prep tennis season ends at state tournament
- Man resentenced to life in prison for fatal robbery
- The finish line
- Protections extended for red drum, snook and spotted sea trout
- Florida man arrested in 1972 slaying of N Carolina woman
- Man guilty of leaving threats for Bernie Sanders
- 2 killed in wrong-way DUI crash
- Sheriff: Deputies shoot man who pointed gun at them
- Police: Homeowner opens fire when masked men break into home
- 2 men injured in stabbing at a Central Florida law office
- Free program for first-time mothers-to-be being offered
- House, Senate grapple with 'sanctuary city' differences
- White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding
- Polk school district is asking for input
- Lakeland's public transit looks to tech to upgrade its reputation
- House OKs election bill aimed at cleaning up 2018 problems