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december 5
- Lakeland O-line emerged as strength on offense
- Freshman Wang leads Penn to 89-75 upset win over Miami
- Gordon scores 20, Magic run away to top Heat 105-90
- Red Wings lose wild game to Tampa Bay Lightning in shootout, 6-5
- Chair migration begins for annual Christmas parade in Lakeland
- Editorial: Spano's funny money casts distinct cloud over victory
- Polk Perspective: Local taxes pay for things taxpayers want
- McCaughey: The burning issue with California fires
- Emba: Ocasio-Cortez, Trump have much in common
- Letter: Lakeland's downtown ministries harbor criminals
- Letter: Our Founding Fathers advocated for diversity
- Today's editorial cartoon (Dec. 5, 2018)
- Photos: The Great Lakeland Christmas Parade Chair Migration of 2018
- Man's surrender makes 104 arrests in sting operation
- Florida Lottery results for Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
- Aunt wonders how to counsel niece on marriage
- Dear Abby: Overbearing mom makes travel plans without being invited to visit
- Consort of notorious drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman opens up about cartels' ruthlessness, bloodshed
- TREMENDOUS 10: A look at Polk County's top prep performances last week
- GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature OKs bills weakening incoming Democratic governor, attorney general
- Tips for year-end tax planning
- Do we have a retirement savings crisis?
- Nation bids goodbye to George HW Bush with high praise, cannons, humor at capital farewell for 41st president
- UPDATED: Can You Help? Polk County cold case murder files
- Once conjoined, Apopka twins heading home after 7 surgeries — in separate car seats
- Polk Planning Commission OKs massive logistics center near Florida Polytechnic University
- PCSO: Bartow Middle School teacher Dyrren Barber more than 3 times the legal limit in DUI arrest
- Police in 4 countries arrest at least 84 in European crackdown on Italian mob in series of raids
- Juniors win with a whale of a fish at Bobby Lane Cup
- George Jenkins student Luis Manuel Escalona arrested for allegedly bringing loaded handgun to school
- Recent fishing results and upcoming tournaments
- George Tay gets 10 years for child porn after Lakeland detectives find more than 7,000 pornographic files on his work computer
- Sheriff calls council members 'scumbags' in dispute
- School PR consultant calls Parkland critics 'crazies'
- Report: Man justified in fatal shooting of son
- SeaWorld raising starting pay at Orlando theme parks
- Beatnik Exchange to hold street fair on Saturday
- Firefighter donates kidney to help save stranger
- Women charged in deadly Mississippi car chase
- Brightline train hits pickup in Lake Worth
- Guns stolen from SWAT deputy's unlocked car
- Lake Wales High JROTC captain rescues bald eagle
- Macron scraps French fuel tax hike amid violent protests
- Bartow woman killed after being struck by car
- Residents head back into California town leveled by wildfire
- Polk Sheriff's Office: Home burglarized, impostor claims he works for Duke Energy
- Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018
- US border agent indicted for capital murder; prosecutor says he confessed to killing 4 sex workers to 'clean up the streets'
- Gas prices may boost holidays
- Prosecutors ramp up foreign lobbying investigation in New York
- Christmas turkey, fruitcake rocketing toward space station
- Jury deadlocks in child molestation trial of Jerry Paul Salter Jr, accused of sexually abusing Polk teen for years
- Sea reefs and sunsets: Living Coral is 2019 color of the year
- Amazon workers treated after bear repellent releases fumes
- Zipperer hopes his dream comes true: A state championship
- Expectations low as Yemen's warring parties meet for talks
- PCSO: Crime spree ends for 5 Orlando teens
- Lakeland won 3 titles in 3 years of perfection
- Warehouse to be built on former BridgeWater golf course
- Inspired by fairy tale, 10-year-old to headline Lakeland Christmas Parade
- 2 US warplanes crash off Japan coast, rescue underway