Category Archives: Local News
Several Polk Schools Score High in State Rankings
LAKELAND | Lincoln Avenue Academy, Lawton Chiles Middle, Lakeland High School and the McKeel charter [...]
Florida Blood Centers Merge to Be OneBlood; Includes Polk’s BloodNet USA
Florida Blood Services, which includes Polk County’s BloodNet USA, has completed its merger with Florida’s [...]
Murder Trial of Stobert “Toby” Holt Goes To Jury
Jurors spent about two hours deliberating but could not reach a verdict Monday in the [...]
Memory Clinic in Winter Haven to Begin Accepting Patients Today
Dementia, stroke and other brain injuries affect the minds and the memories of people throughout [...]
Agreement Could Let The Haines City Community Theater Stay
The Haines City Community Theatre would be able to stay where it is under an [...]
Community Cleanup Set for Eloise, Wahneta
The next community cleanup organized by Keep Polk County Beautiful, Inc. will occur Saturday in [...]
Alan Shaffer Named Interim Head of Lakeland Electric
Alan Shaffer, assistant general manager of delivery for Lakeland Electric, will serve as interim general [...]
Lakeland Man Accused of Beating Another Man To Death
Matthew R. McCraney was getting ready to start a new job and was expecting his [...]
Cabin, Corral Will Keep Polk’s Agricultural History Alive
LAKELAND | The planks that form the cabin walls are rough-cut cypress. Outside the cabin [...]
Dispatcher Talks Couple Through Delivery of Child
The Colemans imagined that their first child would arrive in a hospital room. Instead, the [...]