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october 9
- Florida Southern College poll finds tight races for Senate, governor
- Church agrees to sell parcel to Florida Southern
- Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh and declares him ‘proven innocent’
- Machado, Dodgers finish off Braves 6-2
- Astros advance with 11-3 win, sweep Indians
- Polk County Boys Golf Tournament
- Holt hits for the cycle; Red Sox whip Yanks 16-1
- Editorial: No, our system does not have 'design flaws'
- Williams: Explaining real economics to real people
- McCaughey: The Democrats' sham impeachment plan
- Leubsdorf: Democrats struggle to attract Hispanic voters
- Today's editorial cartoon (Oct. 9, 2018)
- Polk Perspective: Creating local jobs is a broad-based effort
- Operation Cyber Guardian Fall Haul: Polk County Sheriff's Office's child sex sting yields 13 arrests
- PCSO: Sting operation yields 13 arrests
- Major Hurricane Michael bearing down on Florida Panhandle
- Man dies after being ejected from van, hit by semi on US 27 in Polk; traffic shut down in 1 direction
- Miss Manners: Should guest notify host when identity of intended plus-1 has changed?
- Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend doesn't think he'd be enough of a 'bulldog' in the delivery room
- Dear Abby: Man learns he may have a son he never knew existed
- Florida Lottery results for Monday, Oct. 8, 2018
- 1 person airlifted after crash on Highway 60 in Lake Wales
- US graduate student Lara Alqasem detained in Israel for alleged boycott support
- Hundreds attend candlelight vigil to honor 20 victims of limousine crash
- UN's Nikki Haley to leave in latest Trump shake-up
- Mood is jovial as Brett Kavanaugh takes his place on Supreme Court bench
- College football on TV
- Lake Wales police seeking info in shooting of 79-year-old man
- TOUR STOPS
- Bartow police arrest man on aggravated manslaughter charge in teen's overdose death; warrant issued for teen's mom
- Good causes in Polk
- Play it forward
- Keeping it fresh
- Sounds of Satchmo come to Lake Wales
- Polk Sheriff's Office seeks 2 suspects accused of kidnapping, beating man who discovered them stealing his belongings
- Google bows out out of Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing race
- As Trump clamps down on H-1B visas, Canada smooths way
- Generic drugmakers get boost from FDA
- In boon for farmers, Trump lifting restrictions on ethanol
- Rays extend Cash's contract through 2024
- Indians' first-round exit leaves sour taste
- No. 14 Florida trying to avoid letdown vs Vandy
- Baby Braves can't overcome lack of experience
- Photos: Polk child sex sting nets 13
- Photos: Bartow police discuss suspects, charges in death of teen
- Record Breaker
- Paul McDonald Tournament tees off this weekend
- Jury awards $25M in death of UF student killed by garbage truck
- Man gets life sentence for fatal stabbing over affair
- Panel to consider Fla. Supreme Court hopefuls
- University of Miami student found dead in apartment
- Circle B trail repair begins
- In need of a little space
- Treasure hunters challenge FBI over dig for Civil War gold
- Sanders barnstorming country ahead of midterm elections
- Want election results? On West Coast, patience is required
- Objections blunt momentum for foreign lobbying law overhaul
- Limo driver's family believes he was given an unsafe vehicle
- Voting rights become a flashpoint in Georgia governor's race
- Parties fight over voter registration as storm nears
- Rate hike for school volunteer background checks postponed
- Voters to decide on felon voting rights
- City delays plans to remove weeds from Lake Wire
- Lakeland police investigation into shooting death of Christobal Lopez by City Commissioner Michael Dunn continues
- Winter Haven, Kathleen locked in battle for playoff berth