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A 53-year old man was found floating in a retention pond Sunday morning at the Chelsea Oaks subdivision in South Lakeland, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported. Residents called 911 about ...
The one incumbent on the Polk County School Board seeking re-election next year now faces a challenger.. Bernnie Brandt of Lakeland has filed to run in District 1, taking on first-term incumbent ...
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Located along I-4 east of Tampa and west of Orlando, it is the most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. [8] Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lakeland is ...
The paper was founded on August 22, 1924, as the Lakeland Evening Ledger.In 1927, it bought its main competitor, the morning Lakeland Star-Telegram.By 1930, it was obvious that Lakeland could not support two papers, so Ledger Publishing Company merged the two papers into a single morning paper, the Lakeland Ledger and Star-Telegram.
An 18-year-old man died Sunday in a single-car crash in Lakeland that left a passenger with serious injuries, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said a missing man is likely dead after deputies arrested the last two people who were known to be seen with him.
Polk County (/ p oʊ k /) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046, as of the 2020 census, and estimated to be 818,330, as of July 1, 2023. [1] Its county seat is Bartow, [2] and its largest city is Lakeland. Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan ...
Polk County received about 3,000 people at emergency shelters by Thursday morning, county spokesperson Mianne Nelson said.