Category Archives: Local News
Longtime Commissioner Glenn Higgins Bids Farewell as New Face is Sworn In
The new year brought a new face to the city commission. Keith Merritt was sworn [...]
Slain Lakeland Man Was Watching Domino Game
Even the threat of death couldn’t keep Victor Thompson from visiting the house on Powhatan [...]
Polk’s Weather Uneventful In 2012; Rainfall Lacking
Compared with 2010’s heat waves and record cold spells, 2011’s weather was mostly uneventful except [...]
Eagle Lake Pig Owners Can Now Live in Hog Heaven
Pot-bellied pigs fly. Hogs, mules, and goats are still out. Such was the first business [...]
Grants Strengthen Kingsford Elementary’s Science Program
Kingsford Elementary now has the equipment it needs to strengthen its science program. The school [...]
Bartow Restoring Its Community Policing Efforts
Bartow is resurrecting its community policing efforts. Staffing cutbacks forced the city’s police department to [...]
Police: Man Found Dead in Overturned Car on Drane Field Road
A man was found dead Tuesday in an overturned vehicle at 3955 Drane Field Road, [...]
Three-Mile, $52 Million Project On Kathleen Road To Begin Soon
If you regularly drive the section of Kathleen Road between Galloway Road and Duff Road, [...]
Cold Weather Shelters Opening Tonight
WINTER HAVEN | With temperatures plunging into the 20s tonight in Central Florida, shelters across [...]