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august 22
- Putnam stirs supporters in final-week push
- Strong quake rocks Venezuela but little damage reported
- US GOP Rep Duncan Hunter, wife indicted on corruption charges
- Victory Christian, Lakeland ranked in 1st Florida Prep Poll
- State prep football poll
- Townsend admonished by fellow school board members
- Ridge preparing now for County Invitational
- Bucs' Jackson ready to shrug off disappointing year
- Teen birth rate continues decline in Polk County, state
- Judge orders state to turn over FIU bridge records
- Polk School Board declares Saturday 'Ray Lewis Day,' approves building named in his honor
- Prep football 2018: Jenkins short on size and experience, big on fight
- Prep football 2018: Lake Region has new coach, new mentality
- Prep football 2018: Lake Wales could be back on top
- Prep Football 2018: Loaded with talent, Lakeland the team to beat
- Prep football 2018: Lake Gibson has all the tools for a deep run
- Letter: Byrd will restore pride in our School Board
- Prep football 2018: Tenoroc No. 1 goal — just compete
- Prep football 2018: A year wiser, Auburndale looks to compete
- Prep football 2018: Winter Haven short on Blue Chips, but solid throughout
- Prep football 2018: Kathleen has a new coach, same high hopes
- Prep football 2018: Victory Christian looks to continue dominance
- Prep football 2018: Bartow has a talented but young group
- Editorial: To change our Constitution, one at a time please
- Purcell: Why homeownership pressure is good
- Prager: Explaining the left's contempt for America
- Today's editorial cartoon (Aug. 22, 2018)
- Cepeda: In Trump's America, no 'right way' to be an immigrant
- Letter: Putnam is the clear GOP choice for governor
- Letter: Vote to ban oil drilling in Florida
- Florida Lottery results for Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
- Ask Amy: Help! Straight-A high school student dreads start of school year
- Miss Manners: Text on ex-husband's death to his family has stirred up hornet's nest
- Dear Abby: Time to say 'no more' to ungrateful guests using mountain getaway
- Woman dies in Winter Haven house fire; mother and 7 kids escape
- Good Samaritan rescues Orlando toddler locked in hot car, mom arrested
- Maybe coaching isn't for the young
- Jobs sprouting up in Florida’s medical marijuana industry, but stoners need not apply
- Mulberry loses water service after supply line severed
- Prep football 2018: With new coach, Haines City will lean on fundamentals
- Legoland Florida extends free parking offer through Labor Day
- With White House stung by Cohen accusation, Trump fires back
- UCF favored to win AAC again
- Lotsa pasta: Olive Garden offers year of never-ending pasta
- Hurricane Lane weakens to Category 4 as it heads toward Hawaii, still packing a wallop
- USF lost a lot of talent, but still has hopes
- Prep football 2018: Ridge has some explosive players returning
- Big oil asks US government to protect it from climate change
- Democratic National Committee says it thwarted hacking attempt on its voter database
- Homegrown FAMU coach brings solid resume
- Temporary boating certificates offered online
- Employer: Mexican man charged in slaying of student Mollie Tibbetts worked under fake name
- Fishing results: Winners from recent tournaments around Polk
- Upcoming fishing tournaments around Polk
- Write On!: 'Diamond In My Heart,' 'Write What You Know About'
- Events calendar
- Queso dip great when fresh corn around
- Restaurant review: Jason's Deli serves up healthy and delicious fare in Lakeland
- Play the 19th hole with a refreshing T-Time
- Lakeland's Haus 820 hosting Polynesian-themed event
- Beer & Bacon
- Legoland files plans for 2nd hotel at Winter Haven location
- Sentner takes aim at county cross country mark
- Business as usual
- Bethune-Cookman rebuilding offensive line
- Lake Wales boys aims to dethrone Jenkins as county champion
- Training camp never started for Beckwith, Vea
- Buying property? Pay attention to that survey
- The fear we all share: outliving retirement savings
- Prep football 2018: Mulberry has a lot of inexperience - and a phenom
- Polk School Board proposes lower education requirements for bus drivers
- School Board against Amendment 8
- A'dale grapples with recycler's request to double fees
- Frostproof puts city at the head of tiny-home movement
- Only in Polk update: Street, lake honor renowned Lakeland woman
- Wife of Florida House 56 write-in candidate David Joseph Patzer says Republican Jeff Mann tricked husband into signing papers to run
- Around Polk County