Four of Avelo's seven new routes out of Lakeland begin this week, including Puerto Rico
The airline's first flights from Lakeland to Charlotte, N.C., Manchester, N.H., Rochester, N.Y., and San Juan, Puerto Rico ...
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Winner! Powerball lottery winning numbers as ticket hits $478 million jackpot
Will a $2 Powerball lottery ticket make you a multimillionaire? A ticket in Georgia just hit the jackpot! The winning numbers ...
Fuoco's Picks: Haines City controls its own destiny as many districts remain up for grabs
Here are this week's picks as Polk County high school football teams play for the district and solidify playoff rankings.
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Tanner's back as Winter Haven accomplishes 2 goals with regional quarterfinal victory
WINTER HAVEN — Rylee Tanner’s senior year nearly came to a premature end in late September when she sustained a severe ankle ...
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Friendship between Kathleen's Hancock, Frostproof's Castillo leads to shared golf title
LAKELAND — Kathleen senior Darby Hancock and Frostproof freshman Hannah Castillo often text each other and meet at local golf ...
Velma Daniels, Winter Haven author and supporter of arts, dies at age 93
Daniels, a Winter Haven native, producing a column called “The Bookworm” for The Ledger and hosted book-related segments for ...
Opinion: Florida Supreme Court chief justice turns into unlikely critic of FPL rate increase
"I don't feel like there's candor about what's actually going on," Florida Supreme Court Justice Carlos G. Muñiz told a ...
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Opinion: Florida attorney general Ashley Moody must be a glutton for punishment
This online-only column is part of a series of shorter opinion essays by USA Today Network-Florida columnist Nate Monroe on ...
National Hurricane Center keeping eye on 2 tropical waves. Can Florida expect any threats?
AccuWeather: "We suspect there will be another attempt for a tropical depression or tropical storm to brew in the western Caribbean" next week.
Army Corps sets up pumps at Lake Bonny. Could begin draining as early as Wednesday
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have brought two pumps to Lakeland and were prepared to start draining floodwaters from Lake Bonny starting late Wednesday afternoon.
Polk sheriff: Man who threatened to kill himself and his wife is killed by deputies
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the man pointed a gun at deputies twice during the standoff. When it was over, they found ...
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Jenkins divers Parker, Hilton continue to lean on each other down homestretch of their careers
LAKELAND — When teammates Leah Parker and McKenzie Hilton compete in high school diving, it can hardly be described as a rivalry as they’re not really competing against each other. It’s more like they ...