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august 17
- Vaccinations urged after 3 measles cases reported
- Non-partisan race sees 4 diverse candidates vying for Polk School Board
- 3 candidates vying in non-partisan Polk School Board District 5 race
- Republicans Jim Guth, Martha Santiago compete in primary for Polk County Commission seat
- Pinero's grand slam paces Lakeland to 12-1 win over Daytona
- No charges emerge from state attorney's inquiry into relationship between Polk School District, virtual schools vendor K12 Inc.
- Combee flyer falsely claims he's the only candidate from Polk
- Berkeley tops Victory Christian 21-7; adjustments are in order
- Editorial: A fresh look at an old political scandal
- Today's editorial cartoon (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Hightower: Will we have monopoly or democracy?
- Letter: We need more action to protect children
- Letter: Byrd is simply the best candidate
- Letter: A fresh voice for the County Commission
- Estrich: Ready for Trump in 2020?
- Elder: The Times seats a bigot on its editorial board
- Florida Lottery results for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018
- Dear Abby: Daughter's birth reawakens dad's buried memories of sexual abuse as child
- Lakeland doctor pepper-sprayed, arrested at Orlando airport
- Florida to spend $800 million on Tampa-St. Pete bridge
- Trump blames DC, as military parade plans unravel over costs
- Weather update: New hurricane center forecast for Invest 99L
- Getting rid of a device? Make sure it doesn't remember
- Survivor, shaken, describes plunge off collapsing bridge in Italy
- PEOPLE & CHANGES
- BUSINESS NEWS
- BUSINESS AGENDA
- Slain Colorado mother Shanann Watts painted happy picture of married life; husband Christopher Watts now suspected of killing her, their 2 young daughters
- Judge imprisons airport shooter Esteban Santiago for life, calls his crime '85 seconds of evil'
- Trump administration ends Syria stabilization funding, cites more allied cash
- Write On!: 'America, the Beautiful,' 'Tis He Who Gives the Beer'
- Weekly offerings in Polk
- Just for kids calendar
- Cooperstown stirs emotions for dad of young baseball player
- Florida's jobless rates drops slightly in July
- Tammy Wallenda, lion tamer and circus star, dies at 53 in Sarasota
- Pennsylvania Bishop Ronald Gainer reads part of grand jury report at Mass
- Man faces life in prison for killing 8-month-old infant
- Officials: Health advisory remains in effect at Lake Parker
- Polk County & Central Florida Job & Career Fair
- Officials: Health advisory remains in effect at Lake Parker
- Pita Pit franchise planned in downtown Lakeland
- 'Peak car' and the end of an industry
- An end to quarterly earnings reports?
- Facebook could be responsible for advertisers
- Sophisticated songbird poachers get prison time
- Oceanside hospital to be demolished following storm
- Registered sexual predator arrested on sexual battery
- Baby dies after being left in hot car in Florida driveway
- State seeks death for man accused of killing officer
- Pagan's motorcycle gang members rounded up in federal meth bust
- Charter school foes say education amendment clear as mud
- Nelson declares vindication on Russia hacking claim
- Manafort judge says he's received threats, won't name jurors
- Commerce secretary faces scrutiny for investments, not selling certain holdings
- Kyle Larson takes pole at Bristol