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september 18
- State ask justices to clear way for ballot amendments
- To avoid overdoses, some test their heroin before taking it
- In Carolinas, a question as the rivers rise: Stay or go?
- Lakeland declines to support felon voter restoration amendment
- Capital projects prioritized in Lake Alfred budget
- 'At the End of the Day,' a movie shot in Lakeland, accepted for Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Candidates invited to forum Oct. 8
- Bok Tower raises entry fee
- Former senator to speak at Florida Southern College
- Southeastern University graduate Sayra Lozano to speak to UN Assembly as youth delegate representing Mexico
- Lead testing continues at Polk schools
- Polk County Commission OKs 5.5 percent property tax rate hike for homeowners
- California deputy killed during shootout with suspect
- Kim embraces Moon amid pomp at start of 3rd Korean summit
- 'Game of Thrones,' 'Mrs. Maisel' triumph at Emmys
- Bears hold off Seahawks
- Rays blank Rangers, 3-0
- Graves: Inept interactions with backyard wildlife
- Editorial: Be friends, not foes, to the fowl and folks around Lake Morton, and beyond
- Rubin: Trump's decline creates a quandary for Republicans
- Letter: Instead of more taxes, let's manage money better
- Letter: In a world of whoppers, what should we believe?
- Letter: Trump may survive, but will the rest of America?
- Shannon: Using Kaepernick, Nike puts a thumb in our eye
- Page: Trump's football game, a new brand of identity politics
- Today's editorial cartoon (Sept. 18, 2018)
- Florida Lottery results for Monday, Sept. 17, 2018
- Miss Manners: Can my boss require happy-hour attendance?
- Carolyn Hax: It's a good idea, but downsized lifestyle creates marriage issues
- Dear Abby: Mom shields kids from relative working in porn industry
- Jury shown shooting video repeatedly at Chicago cop's trial for death of Laquan McDonald
- ON THE MARKET: One-of-a-kind Equestrian Estate in Winter Haven
- Photos: ON THE MARKET: 4015 Country Club Road in Winter Haven
- Adam Putnam hired a donor's 27-year-old son to a $91,000 job — there's a Publix connection
- 'Nightmare that won't end': Hurricane Florence evacuees can't return yet
- Felon convicted of having thousands of pounds of explosive fuses
- Tracee Ellis Ross leads parade of pink on Emmys red carpet
- Good causes in Polk
- 'A Simple Favor'
- Bonded by Grace mixes new, old-time religion
- Symphony Guild hopes to draw new members with season opener
- Free weed? Giant bundles of marijuana wash up on Florida beaches
- Elizabeth Smart: Wanda Barzee, accomplice in my kidnapping, will be watched
- Senator Phil Gramm at the Center For Free Enterprise at Florida Southern College
- Former Polk jail clerk pleads guilty in jail sex, contraband case
- Unstoppable force
- SCORER'S TENT
- Hansen's Photo Album
- Man accused of planning mosque shooting gets 5 years
- Trial in murder-for-hire plot will be delayed
- Man struck, injured by high-speed train
- Contractors fined $86K over university bridge collapse
- Police arrest suspect in shooting that locked down college
- Galvano, NRA clash over political contribution
- Medicaid patients face changes in health plans
- Kentucky Avenue reopened
- Passport fair to be held Saturday at Lakeland Main Post Office
- SPCA Florida to offer dog training Sept. 25-29
- Lakeland teen goes to New York for TLC Give A Little Award ceremony
- Putin seeks to defuse downing of Russian plane off Syria
- Senate passes massive defense, health spending bill
- Pope's popularity is plummeting in U.S. after sexual abuse scandals
- German doctors: Pussy Riot poisoning 'highly plausible'
- Man threatened to shoot Trump; now feds can't find him
- Kavanaugh's accuser wants FBI probe before she testifies
- Polk Commissioner George Lindsey criticizes legislators for raiding affordable housing trust
- Celebrating history of county showcase
- Gubernatorial candidates Gillum, DeSantis differ widely on state education views
- Winter Haven roads and code enforcement may see budget boosts
- Polk County School Board approves new labor contract for teachers, paraeducators and staff