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september 5
- National park icons threatened by wind-frenzied wildfires
- 106-year-old Afghan woman faces deportation from Sweden
- Politics, marches dominate summer's last hurrah on Labor Day
- Palace announces Prince William, Kate expecting third child
- Harvey victims leave shelters but face dire housing needs
- Auburndale budget plan gives workers 3 percent pay raise
- Polk State College trustees select new chairman, focus on funding
- New country music bar coming to Lakeland
- Neighborhood group plans final farewell event for Lovers' Oak
- Lake Wales library, museum hosts 1-day tour of water, fire, police departments, Bok Tower
- Vote set for tax district to fund 65 new streetlights on Clubhouse Road in Lakeland
- Trump's DACA plan for young immigrants would pass hot potato to Congress
- Lake Wales' offense too much for Okeechobee to handle
- Polk emergency officials watching and waiting for local impact of Hurricane Irma
- Hurricane Irma now Cat 4 as it heads for eastern Caribbean
- McElwain wants ire directed at him for Florida's latest loss
- Seminoles' Deondre Francois to have knee surgery Tuesday
- Adventure ends with pub run in Ireland then stops in Norway, Iceland, Nova Scotia
- Thomas wins Boston for 5th title of the season
- Prep results for Thursday, Aug. 31
- '09 US Open champ del Potro saves match points; Federer next
- Jenkins routs Bartow in shortened game 34-7
- Dickerson homers, doubles twice as Rays rout Twins
- US envoy tells UN: North Korean leader is 'begging for war'
- Irma strengthens to Cat 5 hurricane with 185 mph winds; Florida prepares for hurricane
- Putin says Trump 'not my bride, and I'm not his groom'
- Photos: 'The Way We Worked' at the Depot Museum in Lake Wales
- 12 things you can do to prepare your family, home and business for Hurricane Irma
- Plant City man killed in Osceola crash
- Tropical Storm Jose forms in the open Atlantic, east of Hurricane Irma
- Sandbag fill sites open in Polk County
- Lego looks wobbly after building itself high
- 1 dead, 13 injured in Florida crash involving 22 vehicles
- Trump orders end to program protecting immigrant 'dreamers'
- Polk opens emergency center as Irma strengthens
- An open letter to the cleaning burglar
- This squat has you lying on your back
- Clooney depicts American dream as nightmare in 'Suburbicon'
- Gov. Scott orders suspension of road tolls in Florida for duration of Hurricane Irma
- Editorial: Fighting fire with fire
- Sun Division football is a one-horse race early
- Letter: Munn Park statue isn't Lakeland's history
- Letter: A laughing matter, or perhaps not
- Williams: Liberals in a tizzy
- Durst: Boy, Labor Day came fast this year
- Walker: Are we really headed for a second civil war?
- A Polk Perspective: Divisiveness can cut both ways
- Malcolm: 2 President Trumps: Can both be real?
- Fla. Supreme Court refuses to reconsider slots ruling
- Florida State drops to No. 10 in AP Top 25 poll after Alabama loss
- Man wanted on Ga. murder warrant arrested in Florida
- Deputies: Man punches mother, leads officers on chase
- NFL: Dolphins-Bucs will not be played in Miami this week
- Dad overdoes during 'one last drug binge' at hotel
- Most prep football games moved to Thursday because of Irma
- Patrick Cantlay doing the most with a limited schedule
- Photos: Polk County prepares for Hurricane Irma
- This street artist has done walls, shoes and Bieber albums - now he's trying opera
- Texters, talkers, and gum poppers
- Talking with 'Bran' about his 3-eyed raven powers
- Polk colleges cancelling games due to Hurricane Irma