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Lakeland Florida News
| Woman in Slayings Bought New Gun |
| The woman investigators say killed her girlfriend and then herself bought a gun three days before the shooting, and now friends of the mentally troubled woman are wondering whether the tragedy could have been prevented. |
| 09/07/2008 01:36 AM |
| Wrongly Accused Man May Sue |
| Jean Chery, the Polk County School bus driver who was mistaken by police for a fugitive with the same name, will meet with Florida Civil Rights Association lawyers Monday in Orlando, FCRA announced Saturday. |
| 09/07/2008 12:48 AM |
| FSC Focuses on Poverty, Hunger In Lecture Series |
| A campuswide emphasis on poverty and hunger at Florida Southern College is providing the topic for this year's Lecture Series organized by the school's Florida Center for Science and Religion. |
| 09/07/2008 12:27 AM |
| HealthCare Cutback Crowds Clinic |
| LAKELAND | Add Talbot House Ministries to the list of groups affected by the enrollment freeze and eligibility cutbacks in Polk County's health care plan for uninsured county residents. |
| 09/07/2008 12:28 AM |
| Give That City a Cigar Building' Not Yet |
| County commissioners are not ready to give Bartow the old cigar factory, particularly if there's little or nothing offered in return. |
| 09/07/2008 12:30 AM |
| Haven Budget Plan Includes Lower Tax Rate |
| WINTER HAVEN | City officials are touting the proposed $117 million budget for fiscal 2008-09 as a responsible spending plan that will provide the same level of services or higher. |
| 09/07/2008 12:00 AM |
| Davenport Capital Projects Out of Budget |
| DAVENPORT | When members of the City Council start the process of finalizing the city budget for the 2008-09 budget year Monday, they'll be looking at a spending plan that is more than $10 million below the budget they have been operating under this year. |
| 09/06/2008 11:59 PM |
| Dundee Works With Tight Numbers |
| DUNDEE | The $190,000 the town will save this year by having the Polk County Sheriff's Office take over the Police Department was not enough to eliminate some serious budget problems. |
| 09/07/2008 12:02 AM |
| Previous Cuts Aid City With Budget |
| FROSTPROOF | Frostproof officials have had easier sailing with this year's budget than other Polk communities. |
| 09/07/2008 12:05 AM |
| Residents Can Take Part in Kayak Trips |
| WINTER HAVEN | The city's Upper Peace Kayak Environmental Education Program, or UPKEEP, will offer a series of kayak outings in celebration of 2008 National Estuaries Days. |
| 09/07/2008 02:10 AM |
| Standing Proud in Promotion: Auburndale Police Moves Up Its Best |
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Auburndale Police Department held a swearing-in ceremony for its newest lieutenant and sergeant. On Friday, Dan Houser was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant and Mike Ullom replaces Houser when he was promoted from corporal to sergeant. The promotions come on the heels of the unexpected death of ... |
| 09/04/2008 10:00 AM |
| Assistant City Manager on the Verge of "I Do" |
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Auburndale Assistant City Manager Andy Stewart fell for an Auburndale High teacher whom he plans to marry Saturday in North Carolina. The lucky lady is Ricki Horne, an English ... |
| 07/24/2008 09:30 AM |
| Cue the cheesy Christopher Cross song |
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Regular readers of this space (if any such exist) may recall my mention of an aborted attempt to sail recently. Well, you'll be no doubt greatly relieved to learn I made it back to Dunedin last weekend and had the opportunity to sail after all ... |
| 07/18/2008 02:36 PM |
| Auburndale Administrative Assistant Walks For Cancer |
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Johson will walk 60 miles in the Breast Cancer 3-Day in three months. The event is being held ... |
| 07/17/2008 09:30 AM |
| Tenoroc Football Practices Old School |
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The Tenoroc football team won't have its facilities available for workouts until later this month, but coach Dave Robson and his staff haven't let that stop them. The Titans have been training old school by flipping tractor tires and carrying logs and sand bags as they drag truck tires. The ... |
| 07/08/2008 01:13 PM |
| The fauna of Egmont Key |
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Continuing my previous posting on Egmont Key State Park, an island accessible by ferry from Fort DeSoto in Pinellas County - |
| 06/12/2008 02:16 PM |
| A key to the past |
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| 06/09/2008 04:05 PM |
| You Go Bonnie: Former Chamber President Receives Promotion |
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Bob Gernert, executive director of the Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce, announced on his blog this week that Bonnie Parker was promoted to City President for SunTrust's Winter Haven area operations. Parker is very active in the community and is the chamber's former president. Parker is known for ... |
| 06/08/2008 12:00 AM |
| In Honor of Prince: Happy Birthday Your Royal Badness |
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Today I pay honor to the ultimate poet, Prince. On the 7th day of June, God gave us the purple majesty. It's hard to believe that Prince is turning 50 and as some in the urban community would say: "black doesn't crack." Prince you sure look good! I fell in love with Prince when I was ... |
| 06/07/2008 11:00 AM |
| The Power of Coincidence |
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Edward Schafer made a surprise visit Thursday to the U. S. Citrus & Subtropical Products Laboratory in |
| 05/30/2008 06:29 PM |
