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The takeaway from Friday's veterans forum in Lakeland was fairly succinct: there's a myriad of services out there — everything from financial assistance to cutting through the red tape of disability claims.

Retired utility manager Tracy Mercer and lake activist Mark Remmel will face each other in the Lake Region Lakes Management District Seat 2 race Aug. 30.

The Polk County School District is addressing overcrowding at its newest school, but student enrollment numbers for all schools in the first week aren't so shocking.

So what is the big deal about Zika? In countries where Zika has been widespread this year, about 80 percent of those who had it don't even know they were infected.

Legoland Florida Resort is collecting school supplies to be donated to students in the Polk County School District’s homeless education program, the HEARTH Project.

Vendors are being sought for the next Multicultural Unity Festival scheduled from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at Westwood Park, 1145 35th St. NW, Winter Haven.

The Florida Department of Transportation has imposed vehicle width limits on a portion of State Road 60 east of County Road 630 that will remain in effect for the next two months while work crews replace a culvert at Ice Cream Slough.

A Frostproof man was shot during a home invasion early this morning, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

A 28-year-old Lakeland man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man who was killed in his home May 2 in East Lakeland.

Polk County School Board candidates have participated in many forums, answering a lot of questions, but Thursday they had to answer to the teachers.