Today's Local News
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Lawyers' Letters: Critical That Grand Jury Inquiry into LPD Stays Sealed
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The Tales of 2 Men: Two Polk Bailiffs Enjoy Writing Books in Their Spare Time
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Polk County Sheriff's Office Honors Employees
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Fort Meade High School Gets Its First Career Academies
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Cost to Seal LPD's Grand Jury Report Climbs
- Records Flap Delays Trial Over Jail
- Bartow Man Accused of Molesting Two Children
- New Chief of Schools To Start Job May 31
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Man Who Was Own Attorney Gets Life in Prison For Attempted Murder in Lakeland
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Outgoing Haines City Manager Gets Paid Until Sept. 7
- Auburndale to Lend Dundee $64,612
- Man Charged With Burglary Of Dollar General in Lakeland
- Missing Winter Haven Teen Found
- Hearing To Be Held On Electric Rate Hike Request
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Madonia Family Looks to Sell Assets After Chapter 11 Filing
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Three Arrested in Lakeland Burglary, 40 Firearms Stolen
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Key Witness Testifies In 2010 Strangulation Murder Trial
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Rev. Ivan Olmo to Be Installed as Parochial Vicar at Church of Resurrection in Lakeland
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Couple Wants to Revive Inactive Auburndale Lions Club
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Bartow Teen Wins New Ford Mustang From Bartow Ford
- Bartow City Worker Is Charged in Equipment Thefts
- Guardian Program Seeks Volunteers
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Lakeland Regional Medical Center Names New Senior Vice President
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Most Polk County Schools to Get Audits Every 2 Years
- Lake Wales Mayor Gets Perks -- Use of City Car, Office
Florida News
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620-Pound Black Bear Relocated
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Off the Beaten Path, Students Learn Suppressed History of Rosewood
- FBI Takes Cellphones from Lawyer, Police Officer Involved in Shock Jock DUI 49 min ago
- Zimmerman Lawyer Releases Trayvon Martin Texts, Photos
- Veteran Manatee Deputy Accused of Molesting Girls 7:46 AM
- GOP Gets a Victory In Districting Battle
- Feds Argue Against Immigrant's Law License
- Fla. Supreme Court Sides With Public Defenders
- Florida Using Federal Money To Settle Suit Over Website
- Disney Resort Has Online Job Fair
- Condemned Man To Be Mentally Evaluated
- Key Witness in Rilya Wilson Case Released
- Lotto Jackpot Rises to $14 Mil.
- Feds Investigating Panhandle Jail
- 40 Abandoned Animals Rescued
- Coast Guard Turns Back 7 Cubans
- Documents Gives More Details on Seffner Sinkhole
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Citizens Property Insurance Sheds 60,000 Policies
- Miccosukee Tribe Hit With $170 Mil. Tax Bill
- Officials Look Into Manatee Video
- Suspects: Audio Tapes Withheld
- Tampa Bay Area Drying Out as Holiday Weekend Approaches
Correction
A story on Page B1 on Thursday incorrectly said Sheila Phelps is the Polk County School District's director of internal accounts audit services. She is actually director of internal audit services. READ MORE
Clarification
A small headline on Page A1 on Thursday said Kathryn LeRoy had asked for two weeks before beginning as superintendent of the Polk County School District because she is a finalist for a post in North
Corrections
The Tip of the Day on page A1 on Monday incorrectly said the Lakeland Flying Tigers were playing the Daytona Cubs on Monday at 1 p.m. The Flying Tigers were scheduled to play the Fort Myers Miracle