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july 2
- Substitute crossing guards needed
- Mayfield to chair Alzheimer’s walk
- Sewer repairs to close Crystal Beach Road
- Egan Bernal set to impress at unpredictable Tour de France
- Mason: Seatmate shares running weight-loss journey
- England looks to overcome 'ruthless' US in World Cup semis
- Gauff, just 15, shocks 5-time champ Venus, 39, at Wimbledon
- Taliban bombing in Afghan capital kills 6, wounds scores
- Hong Kong protest demands: drop extradition, free arrested
- Tourist Council proposes $18 million in new sports facilities
- It's farewell to the Firecracker
- FSA: Polk's students lag behind state
- Trump isn't taking 'no tanks' for an answer for his 4th of July celebration
- Head of US Border Patrol condemns agents' offensive Facebook posts
- Rays beat Orioles; McKay 0 for 4 in hitting debut
- Today's editorial cartoon (July 2, 2019)
- Williams: Many unanswered questions about reparations for slavery
- McCaughey: Dems' agenda: Kill jobs, pander to freeloaders
- Rogers: Faux outrage over Trump's take on oppo research
- Durst: From Trump - and for Trump - a rash of lies
- Another Viewpoint: Shunning people won't make them change
- Miss Manners: No live performers? No applause
- Carolyn Hax: I regret telling my ex's wife about his feelings for me
- Dear Abby: Husband with secret past feels compelled to share it
- Florida Lottery results for Monday, July 1, 2019
- Photos: Worst Restaurant Inspections in Polk County June 24-29
- Editorial: The death of personal responsibility?
- Report: Man pelts woman with sauce packets at Central Florida McDonald's; she rips out chunk of his beard
- Amendment 4 creators want to help felons pay off court fees and fines
- Big business to Supreme Court: Defend LGBTQ people from bias, rule federal civil rights law protects them from discrimination
- House committee files federal lawsuit seeking Trump tax returns
- Deputies: Pasco woman pointed gun at boyfriend, cut him with machete, hit him with yard sign
- Giant squid caught on video for first time ever in Gulf of Mexico
- Polk County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller Stacy Butterfield takes helm of state organization
- Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro shares video of migrants held at border facility
- A big bang mystery
- Rear flies make back view more appealing
- Flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters: 3 things you need to know
- Lakeland's black high school alumni honored by city
- Morgan scores, Naeher in US victory over England
- DeSantis lists net worth of $284,605
- Nearly closed visitor center to remain open
- Teen dies after fall from golf cart
- Woman and 4 kids injured in hit-and-run
- Police officers fatally shoot knife-wielding man
- Highway Patrol: 2 motorcyclists die in head-on crash
- Police: Shopper finds handgun on Walmart shelf in Polk
- City approves new contract for water workers in Lakeland
- I-4 closures set for holiday weekend
- 2020 Census being printed without citizenship question
- Graphic, sexually explicit Facebook posts roil Border Patrol
- Fire kills 14 Russian sailors aboard deep-sea submersible
- Congressman shares video of migrants held at border facility
- EU leaders break deadlock, nominate candidates for top posts
- Voting rights group raising money to pay felons' fees
- NASA launches Orion crew capsule to test abort system
- Gruters plans 'listening tour' on immigration
- Police: Woman kidnapped, raped in Georgia, rescued in Gainesville
- Grants available to local manufacturing companies
- One-year anniversary in Rex Honors murder case
- Lakeland section of I-4 to be named after state trooper who died in line of duty
- Lakeland Electric gets pushback on shuttering Unit 3
- 4th of July festivities slated to begin Wednesday across Polk
- Polk couple betting on the breeze builds wind turbine — 1st known residential use in Florida
- State gives Polk $4.7 million to settle lawsuit against Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
- Helm: Richey to be featured on Golf Channel
- Kaepernick stirs new controversy for Nike
- Heavy-hearted Angels return to field after Skaggs' death