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august 15
- Seahawks' Bennett plans to sit for anthem, expects backlash
- Hungry Venezuelans turn to Colombia for a plate of food
- 'Hard Knocks' likely to show Aguayo getting cut
- Tebow turns 30, looking to shake a slump
- At least 300 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides and flooding
- N. Korea leader briefed on plans for missile tests near Guam
- Trump's sanctuary city threat triggers confusion, changes
- Girls Golf Preview
- SpaceX launches experiments, ice cream to space station
- More than spectacle: Eclipses create science and so can you
- Discovery Academy teacher charged with DUI
- Lake Wales to consider suspension of commissioner
- VP Pence says US won't stand by as Venezuela 'crumbles'
- Sports briefs
- Embattled State Attorney Aramis Ayala to speak to Lake Wales NAACP
- PACE program to move to larger facility to reach more girls in Polk
- Florida Sen. Kelli Stargel opposes allowing white supremacist activist Richard Spencer to speak at University of Florida
- Scott wants tax measure on next year's ballot
- Combee's Facebook post after Charlottesville rally criticized
- The Refuge in Inwood aims to turn kids in at-risk community into leaders
- Florida State League standings
- Fort Meade commissioners balance the proposed 2017-18 budget
- Winter Haven commission finalizes bond for field house
- Donaldson's homer lifts Blue Jays over Rays, 2-1
- Kranson's walk-off single for Miracle beats Lakeland, 6-5
- Deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville accelerates removal of Confederate statues
- PCSO arrests Haven man for attempted murder of Orange County deputy
- Taylor Swift hopes groping verdict inspires sexual assault victims
- Florida man gets 6 years for firing gun while taking selfie at St. Pete strip club
- More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides
- Editorial: Keep in mind, a revised billing format, if adopted, won't mean lower power bills
- Letter: Shark-dragging episode reveals misguided anger
- Williams: Women and men are equal
- Hurricane Gert begins turn toward northeast in Atlantic Ocean
- Crisp: North Korea crisis calls for a feminine touch
- Flowers: After Baby Charlie, no tears for junkie mothers here
- Another Perspective: Take immigration study with grain of salt
- Trump comments please, anger, then please hate group leaders
- Trial begins for Nathan Johnson, Lakeland teen charged with 1st-degree murder in fatal beating, burning of man
- CenterState to buy 2 other banks
- Photos: Lakeland teen Nathan Johnson stands trial on 1st-degree murder charges
- What the Shondaland-Netflix deal means for the future of TV
- Santa Fe Indian Market fuses tradition with contemporary art
- Plant City nonprofit helping kids get outdoors
- Fine Art at the Magnolia showcases artists from Polk, Central Florida
- Turnout very low in Alabama Senate race testing Trump reach
- Security costs for Florida Gov. Rick Scott keep rising
- Polk Government Center in Lakeland evacuated
- Photos: Former MLB star A-Rod speaks to George Jenkins students
- Photos: Polk Government Center evacuated
- Milligan: Memories made during a long career covering golf
- Local golf league scores, aces and upcoming tournaments
- Combative Trump insists anew: Blame both sides for violence
- Auburndale man, 21, gets reduced sentence in DUI death of best friend
- Florida panther killed in fight with another panther
- Man gets 40 years for having explicit images missing girl
- Lawyer: Woman who caused fatal crash was having seizures
- Man arrested after wife's autopsy revealed malnourishment
- Teen’s 20-year carjacking sentence thrown out
- Lack of broadband access hurts higher education in rural areas
- Tourism numbers go up amid political turmoil
- Report: Lack of command stymied response to airport shooting
- Polk schools take precautions for Monday's solar eclipse