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april 3
- Fast-growing Central Florida wildfire nearly contained
- Keselowski pulls away and wins at Martinsville
- 5 arrested in sting targeting lewd activity at DeLand park
- Pensacola high school football coach charged with sex abuse
- Gonzaga? Tiny school with the funny name plays NC for title
- Police arrest man for fatal shooting at Tampa hookah lounge
- 'Time capsule' at Barnes & Noble marks 15 years of change
- Questions remain about Negron water priority
- Morrison is top-seeded East Polk player
- Advocate says event is 'spreading hope'
- Lutz chef got start as Fidel Castro's prisoner
- SPCA needs food donations
- Fleeing suspect caught by Polk County Sheriff's Office K-9 unit
- Flipping for Charities coming
- Your Good News
- Political events this week in Polk County
- On the agenda for Polk County meetings this week
- Call if you see an illegal burn
- Lake Hollingsworth attacker sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping, attempted rape of jogger
- Lakeland man gets 13-year prison sentence in gang-related shooting death
- Richie excited for Webber 'challenge'
- Florida considering 2 ideas to help kids who make mistakes
- Elections set in some Polk cities Tuesday
- Big opener for Morrison, Archer and the Trop
- Rays top Yankees 7-3 in opener
- 52nd annual 4-Ball Invitational at Cleveland Heights Golf Course
- Co-champions: 7-hole playoff ends in darkness
- A 'sci-fi' cancer therapy fights brain tumors, study finds
- Desperation sets in as flood death toll in Colombia tops 200
- Dakota Access fight provides blueprint for pipeline protests
- US ambassador calls for 'very strong' stance on Russia
- In DC visit, Egypt's el-Sissi to test 'chemistry' with Trump
- Tyree: Sears, Kmart, malls: My new worry list
- Letter: Fair housing equals opportunity
- Letter: Just wear it
- Harrop: There's little dignity left in coal
- Letter: Putting patient safety at risk
- Editorial: Gigs and garlands
- Letter: Getting tough on stink
- Harsanyi: Nunes has no reason to recuse himself
- OUR PICKS THIS WEEK
- Polk County events calendar
- A family affair
- A band apart: Special-needs musicians aim for world stage
- Blast on Russian subway kills 11; 2nd bomb is defused
- Desperate hunt for children in Colombia town where 250 died
- Best of Preps: The Ledger's 2016-17 All-County boys basketball selections
- If you use AOL, free software is going away
- Google's AI hasn't passed its biggest test yet: hunting hate
- Here’s how to fix Wi-Fi printing software
- Gilded rich are flocking to the state
- When robots replace workers, the effects ripple, and last
- Restaurants fatten up with food-delivery apps
- Best of Preps: The Ledger's 2016-17 All-County girls basketball selections
- Flight Line taking off
- Dems claim votes to block Gorsuch; GOP will override them
- Lakeland City Commission schedules strong mayor vote for November
- Florida man charged with stabbing ex-girlfriend with sword, running over her with truck
- Sun 'n Fun opens
- Woman charged in Sandy Hook parent threat arrested in Tampa Bay area
- The Latest: Attorney calls for investigation of Fox News
- Polk County health events
- Monopoly makeover inspires new games
- Seated bicycle clap will challenge your abs
- Aldean wins top prize at ACMs
- Healing with food
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- Sun 'n Fun Fly-In Map
- American crocodile run over, killed in the Florida Keys
- Sarasota considers lending its support to plastic bag ban
- Port St. Lucie man pleads guilty to coercing child porn
- Man dies in shooting at Micanopy gun range
- Man charged in connection to battery by strangulation
- Woman gets $8 million judgment in Daytona DUIcar crash; no one charged
- Suspect escapes through hole in station ceiling
- Miami-Dade outlines aggressive mosquito control plan
- Governor reassigns 21 cases of prosecutor who won't seek death penalty
- Ken Riley Foundation hosting Golfer's Ultimate Outing May 5-6 at Cleveland Heights
- LOCAL TAEKWONDO: Ro nets spot on U.S. Collegiate National Team
- LOCAL POWERLIFTING: Lifters set multiple state records in event at All American Gym
- Brown, Morrell first in Phil Brown Memorial 5K in Bartow
- Big Kahuna canoe race on Crooked Lake out of Webber
- Young Polk sheriff's deputy loses long fight with colon cancer
- Tigers rank second behind Dodgers at almost $200M
- Rahm can rap, but can he win in his first try?
- Winter Haven police to be sued over Crime Stoppers tip