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august 13
- Lakeland girls swim team loaded with talent
- Volusia to settle lawsuit with transgender student
- Your good news in Polk County
- Upcoming political events scheduled in Polk County
- On the agenda for meetings in Polk this week
- 2 Republicans face off in open Polk County Commission race
- Event celebrates Pakistan independence
- 'Touch the sun': NASA spacecraft hurtles toward our star
- Benda looks to make waves at City meet
- Vigil, marches mark anniversary of deadly far-right protest
- Photos: Teen Choice Awards 2018 red carpet
- Cooler weather helps crews fight Southern California fire
- Editorial: Gigs and garlands
- A Polk Perspective: Putnam understands Florida's future
- Uncounted outcomes
- Today's editorial cartoon (Aug. 13, 2018)
- Harsanyi: Scaremongering over 3D guns departs from reality
- Harrop: Dereliction of political duty in a tweet
- Chapman: Rename Austin over slavery? How about Washington?
- Letter: Trump is looking after US citizens
- Letter: Running for all the right reasons
- Events calendar
- Keep on rolling
- Florida Lottery results for Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018
- Dear Abby: Infatuation with woman makes waves in gay men's relationship
- Police manhunt, reward offered for killer of 7-year-old Jacksonville girl
- Driver shortage causes delays for 117 Polk school bus routes
- PCSO: 3 hospitalized after 3-vehicle crash that closes part of roadway in both directions
- Report: Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is seriously ill
- PCSO arrests man, 63, on child porn, sexual battery charges
- Polk County Solar Co-Op gets up and running
- Keeping focused when you've lost it
- FBI fires longtime agent Peter Strzok in wake of anti-Trump text messages
- Shooter charged with manslaughter in Clearwater 'stand your ground' case
- Probe says treatment of Latino teens in immigration detention centers not abuse
- Your photos: 1st day of school in Polk County
- PCSO: Construction worker exchanged pornographic photos with 11-year-old Polk girl, admitted to 'making out' with her
- Polk Restaurant Inspections: Warnings issued for roach activity, flying insects
- Former WWE star Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart dies at 63
- Man faces murder charge in beating death of girlfriend's 3-year-old child
- FEMA says it didn't treat Puerto Ricans differently after hurricane
- Ray Lewis set to return to Lakeland for hall of fame celebration
- Trump signs $716B defense bill named for Sen. John McCain, doesn't mention him
- Health events
- Smoothing out sandpaper hands
- Squat adds a knee lift for a combination move
- At this camp for burned kids, hanging out with firefighters helps emotional scars fade
- Grimes happy to be back, healthy at Bucs practice
- Analysts predict larger orange crop
- Tomato fight divides growers in Florida and West Coast
- Google tracks location data even when users turn it off
- Deputies searching for teen armed robbery suspect in Wahneta area
- Portion of Lakeland Police Department gun range closed after sergeant suffers injury requiring surgery
- Lakeland Magic to host open tryouts in Auburndale, Orlando
- Photos: Polk County Schools welcome students for 1st day of classes
- Judge won't toss claim against Mormon church in rape case
- Police: Man flies plane into his home after fight with wife
- Welcome back! 1st day of school in Polk brings the usual hiccups
- Library axes 3-D printers amid concerns over printing guns
- Judge to hold hearing in October for Buzz Aldrin lawsuit
- Students from Newtown, Parkland march together
- Firefighters repair man's roof damaged by Hurricane Irma
- Early voting for primary kick offs
- Fake diploma? Florida candidate Melissa Howard apologizes, stays in race
- Super 16: Lakeland's Zipperer drew attention from college coaches as a freshman
- Public meeting set for Combee Road study
- Prosecution rests in Manafort tax evasion and fraud trial
- Future bright for Woods after PGA, but Koepka is in the way
- Immigration cases tossed in fallout from high court ruling