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Lakeland charter school faces denial

Polk Commission OKs $1.3 billion budget

District modifies plans for Westwood, LA-Addair

Polk County Schools will make an addendum to the plans for the two turnaround middle schools whose plans were not approved by the State Board of Education. Westwood and Lake Alfred-Addair middle schools were the two schools that had plans shot down at an Aug. 31 meeting in St. Augustine. Polk’s three other turnaround middle schools — Boone, Kathleen and Denison — all had plans approved.

From Me to You: Bicycles

Ledger readers share their photos.

Lakeland city commissioners OK hefty pay raises for themselves

Arguing that the job pays too little for the work and may keep political aspirations a right only for the well-to-do, Lakeland city commissioners agreed to give themselves a hefty pay raise Monday.

Lakeland man charged with aggravated child abuse

A Lakeland man has been charged with aggravated child abuse after doctors found an 11-month-old in his care had cuts, bruises and burns, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

Police identify 'wanted' man in Manhattan bombing

Authorities are looking for a naturalized Afghanistan citizen for questioning in a weekend explosion in a Manhattan neighborhood that injured 29 people as the governor conceded Monday that investigators could no longer rule out international terrorism.