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september 19
- Back to work: No. 12 Florida State prepares for long grind
- Improved Buccaneers defense making a name for itself
- Former NBA player to speak at Talbot House event
- Burn ban enacted in Dundee
- Winter Haven working with FEMA on debris pickup
- Irma cost to county still unknown
- Polk schools offering free school meals now through Oct. 20
- Irma insurance claims already near $2 billion
- Local internet broadcaster goes out of business
- Body of 40-year-old man found off SR 33
- Lakeland Linder receives rehab grant
- Senate GOP musters final push to erase Obama health care law
- Literally lousy: Parasite plagues world salmon industry
- New misconduct allegations hang over UN meeting on sex abuse
- Trump calls for UN reform, but with more restrained tones
- Scott seeks speedy recovery in Keys
- Nursing homes plan 'summit' on generator order
- For mold cleanup, use bleach
- 2nd Polk fatality tied to Irma confirmed
- Putnam: 'Lethal' Irma a 'major calamity' for Florida crops
- After Irma, Florida classes begin resuming
- Temple Emanuel shifts to church for Holy Days services
- Hurricane doles out double blow to sisters
- Cat 5 Hurricane Maria threatens storm-battered Caribbean
- Steeple dilemma
- Duke raises its outages in Polk
- Florida QB Franks gains fame, trophy after improbable throw
- Molony leads LCS in thriller
- Maddon makes triumphant return to Tampa Bay
- Lakeland Christian 48, Berkeley Prep 40
- Stafford throws for 2 TDs as Lions beat Beckham, Giants
- Editorial: Clinton's book, tour diminish her achievements
- Williams: Black Americans and the welfare state's legacy
- A Polk Perspective: Confederate statues in Lakeland's Munn Park and beyond
- Letter: PAL needs friends to add space
- Eagle Lake City Commission to finalize $3.35M budget
- Collision with Georgia Sheriff's car yields DUI charge
- Sheriff's Office: Clermont woman used fake SAO letter
- Photos: Hurricane Irma knocked steeples off churches around Polk County
- USAmeriBank already has a new owner
- Spicer suggests critics of Emmy appearance should lighten up
- Words With Friends adds 50,000 pop culture words
- 'Battle of the Sexes'
- SCORER'S TENT
- South Florida basketball gets off lightly
- GOLF TOURNAMENTS
- Mississippi man gets life for Florida cold-case murder
- Fort Myers settles Zombicon shooting death lawsuit for $40,000
- Top UF housing official arrested, charged with grand larceny
- Man, woman charged with stealing downed power lines
- Scott: Floridians should prepare, restock hurricane kits
- No swimming: Keys water under precautionary advisory
- US lawmakers seek immigration protections for Caribbean
- Mosquito control operations resume amid Irma clean-ups
- Tolls to be reinstated starting Thursday
- SIDELINES
- Events canceled, postponed because of hurricane
- Building permit fee waivers through Dec. 11
- Dundee enacts town-wide burn ban
- North Central Landfill disposal fees waived for 30 days
- DOT seeks public input on Lake Wales interchange
- Courthouses closing Thursday in observance of Rosh Hashana
- Fire damages commercial building in Frostproof
- Vikings prepare for Bucs without Bradford
- YOU CAN HELP
- Frostproof city manager endures public attacks
- Commission rejects taxing district for street lights
- Polk County to dip into reserves for Irma
- FDA OKs Glaxo's inhaler, first one to combine 3 medicines
- Ferguson: Time for tour to add more sizzle to FedEx Cup finale
- FEMA isn't relying on trailers to house hurricane victims
- House select committee to look at hurricane readiness
- After Irma, Florida Jews seek respite in High Holy Days