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Workers at Legoland Florida Resort have lately been adding to the repertoire of information they dispense to visitors.

A series of videos released Friday shows Chicago police firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street, then handcuffing the mortally wounded black teenager who was at wheel after a chaotic foot chase through a residential neighborhood.

A Winter Haven man has been found guilty of attempting to shoot federal agents during a drug bust in Winter Haven earlier this year.

County judge candidates Susan Barber and Carson Bassett spent money and time preparing for the Lakeland Hob Nob straw poll.

City commissioners seemed content with what will be on Monday's agenda during a workshop Thursday morning — topics ranging from fees for lien searches to a utility rate study.

A man whose conviction in the killing of his girlfriend was overturned in June is expected to be released on bail Friday.

For a city of about 5,000, it was a day for dedications and celebrating history.

City commissioners agreed to kill a proposed 8 percent increase in municipal fire and stormwater fees in the 2016-17 budget during Thursday's budget workshop.

The City Commission put off decisions about conducting a search for a new city manager for another six days.

Residents in Fort Meade, Mulberry and Lake Hamilton soon will see new fences, refurbished restrooms, improved playground equipment and other changes at some community parks and centers after the state approved a collective $200,000 in recreation grants for those cities.