november 8
- AROUND POLK COUNTY
- Local leaders surprised at homestead amendment failure
- Polk jury finds Lakeland man Davey Eugene Lewis guilty of sexually molesting 11-year-old girl
- Legal fees for Winter Haven exceed $50K in joint water fight
- FSC hopes to build apartments by spring 2020
- Lakeland civil rights leader dies at 98
- Drummond, Pistons mow down Magic
- Editorial: For the moment, Polk voters keep the GOP at the helm
- Today's editorial cartoon (Nov. 8, 2018)
- Polk Perspective: The fieldhouse of dreams will be a reality worth waiting for
- Abernathy: Liberals should not push for an end to the Electoral College
- Will: The madness of college basketball goes well beyond March
- Glanton: Kanye finally realized he's being used, but there's truth behind his past tweets
- Letter: Ending SPCA program may not help vets
- Letter: In voting, the elderly should be a priority
- Florida Lottery results for Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018
- Dear Abby: Spoiled rotten daughter given everything gives heartache in return
- Marine combat veteran kills 12 in shooting at country dance bar in California
- Photos: Group protests practice of baby circumcision
- Protest against infant circumcision in Florida Panhandle
- The Riverwalk in Tampa wins planning award
- White House bans CNN reporter Jim Acosta after heated confrontation with Trump during news conference
- Photos: Game capsules for opening round of state football playoffs
- Lakeland motorcyclist in critical condition after crash; police seek driver of other vehicle
- GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp resigns as Georgia secretary of state
- Ex-cop gets 30 days for sucker punching parking valet
- White House shares doctored video to support punishment of journalist Jim Acosta
- Judge allows ex-Lakeland Commissioner Michael Dunn to travel out of state for weekend getaway despite house arrest, indictment on murder charge
- Governor's race now headed for recount as Andrew Gillum gains ground on Ron DeSantis; Rick Scott sues South Florida election officials
- Man to police: 'The devil' made him push grandma, cut child
- Democrat Nikki Fried takes lead over Republican Rep. Matt Caldwell in Florida Agriculture Commissioner race
- How Democrat Bill Nelson could ultimately win the recount over Republican Rick Scott in Florida's Senate race
- Black Friday is already here as retailers kick off holiday sales
- Veterans events
- Gardening calendar
- Cultivating our most evocative plant
- Plant to Ponder: Garden mums
- Red buttons an adaptable and colorful ginger
- Citrus forecast drops slightly
- Opportunity knocking
- Photos: Polk sheriff: 3 corrections officers were smuggling in contraband
- Rays trade Mallex Smith to Mariners
- Photos: 13 dead after shooting at California bar
- FLORIDA TIDES
- Around Tampa Bay
- Polk Sheriff Grady Judd: Corrections officers accused of smuggling contraband into Avon Park Correctional Institution for cash
- Polk patients: Dr. Tom Porter pressured them to vote Republican during doctor's appointments for pain management