Category: News Roundup

Chris Canning, an ex-middle school principal, will be Lake Gibson’s new head football coach | Coming Saturday: VISTEBall | The band Landromat makes beautiful noise together. Source: The Ledger

Work to add bike lanes to Crystal Lake Drive starts today | John Hurt‘s path to leadership of the Center for Independent Living started with a military recruiter | Road repairs led to cancellation of a soap-box race | Endangered Vincent Gutierrez has been missing more than a month Source: The Ledger

Cheryl Lynn Linton, 49, died Friday night when her bicycle was struck by a car on U.S. 98 North | Pigfest winners are announced | Appeals court says a judge was correct in ordering Polk County to pay $304k in court costs in a lawsuit with Tom Mims. Source: The Ledger

Pigfest continues (photos) | Lakeland’s Andrew Santiago competes in CMT’s “Broken Skull Challenge” | Social Security office shortening lines | Mike McGee taking Chamber helm Source: The Ledger

BOOZE: Now that Lakeland has loosened rules for Sunday alcohol sales, a bar owner near city limits wants Polk County to do the same. LEISURE: Actress in Lakeland Community Theatre musical embodies Patsy Cline | Snowbird Extravaganza continues at Lakeland Center for 16th year (Gallery)

Don Huffman sold the Harley Davidson dealership that he’s been part of since 1957. Heather Antonucci-Sims suggested surrogacy and carried the baby her sister couldn’t. Source: The Ledger

Why do Lakeland’s figures show accidents declining at red light camera intersections while a new state report shows them increasing? That’s a question city officials are looking to answer. Sofia Ouhri, a college student from Lakeland, and her UF team are getting a chance to present their ideas to Disney Imagineering executives in California. Source: The Ledger

A small lobby at the Lakeland Social Security office complicates problems for elderly and disabled people who often wait outside in long lines for services. Following a report showing increased crashes at intersections with red light cameras, pressure is growing on legislators to ban the cameras. Firefighters rescued five dogs in a duplex fire that displaced a family […]

AIRPORT: The city expects to spend $183k to move protected gopher tortoises to accommodate Lakeland Linder tower construction. COPS: Moonshine sales were advertised on Facebook | Man sought love online but found himself beaten, robbed and carless. A&E: Rum festival benefits charities | “Ballroom With a Twist” tangos to town. Source: The Ledger