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march 9
- Eden challenges Dearmin for Lake Alfred Seat 2
- New cable company products target cord cutters in Polk
- Guerrero Jr. has 4 hits in spring training debut
- Lakeland Linder Regional Airport making upgrades, extends lease with Hallback's Bar and Grill
- Lakeland's Charles Canady named chief justice of Florida Supreme Court
- Most Polk lawmakers support gun bill
- Guy leads No. 1 Virginia past Louisville
- Leesburg wraps up 2nd straight 6A title
- Sexton lifts Alabama over Texas A&M 70-69
- Slot machines put on table in gambling talks
- Education budget increases amid shadow of shooting
- TRACK AND FIELD: Lakeland city meet at George Jenkins High School
- Cirelli powers Lightning past Rangers 5-3
- Today's editorial cartoon (Mar. 9, 2018)
- Thomasson: Businesses lead the way on sane gun policies
- Purcell: It's never time for Daylight Saving
- Malkin: Release the Parkland shooting surveillance video
- Letter: 'Mamma Mia,' that was a truly inspired show
- Letter: Tired of the debate over the Dreamers
- Editorial: Looking at the why, and not the how
- BUSINESS AGENDA
- PEOPLE & CHANGES
- BUSINESS NEWS
- President Trump plans to meet Kim Jong Un for nuclear disarmament talks
- Chaos of Parkland school shooting shown in 911 calls, radio traffic
- Publix GreenWise Market coming to Lakeland
- Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg questioned by grand jury
- Woman killed in house fire
- 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shrkeli gets 7 years in prison in securities fraud case
- Florida lawmakers pass bill to ban marriage of anyone under 17
- Sunshine State: Florida lawmakers seek all-year daylight saving time
- Polk dad sentenced to 30 years for shaking infant — leaving her blind, unable to walk or talk
- Write On!: 'Polk County Orange'
- Choctawhatchee smothers Hillsborough in 7A semis
- Doral defense shuts down Cape Coral in 7A
- Gov. Rick Scott signs gun restrictions 3 weeks after Parkland attack
- Traffic stop turns into drug charges for Lakeland man
- Education Dept. tells student loan companies to ignore state authority
- An Illinois town celebrates Trump's tariffs
- Facebook signs deal to stream 25 MLB games
- LPD sergeant files complaint
- Senate approves Polk County's John Murphy for water-management board
- Florida Poly receives grant
- Pipeline test occurs north of I-4 Monday
- Leesburg tops Rickards 71-62 for 6A title
- Choctawhatchee 88, Hillsborough 52
- University tops Trinity 80-40 for 5A title
- 'All the bad things'
- Major education bill heads to Scott
- House changes course on generators
- Florida budget is getting bipartisan support
- NRA gave $7 million to hundreds of schools
- Lawmakers funnel $100 million to Florida Forever
- Nonprofit offers free tutoring to Winter Haven youth
- Tigers 4, Mets 4
- Fulmer crisp in Tigers' 4-4 tie with Mets
- Eagle Lake man gets 25 years for the DUI crash that severely injured his children
- No charges in LPD domestic case
- Oak Ridge tops West Orange 86-64 in 9A semifinal
- Winter Haven falls to Creekside 78-59 in 8A semifinal
- Bryant, James not enough as Blue Devils couldn't execute game plan
- Fire burns Indiana Wesleyan, 83-63