TRANSPORTATION: A study will determine if more train quiet zones are needed, and elected officials urge the state to improve the I-4/SR 33 interchange near Florida Poly. CHRISTMAS: Program for senior shut-ins needs more gifts | 300 children in need get gifts through LPD program GRADUATION: Commencement speakers at SEU tonight are Grady Judd and a Bill […]
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DOWNTOWN: Broadway Real Estate Services’ NoBay residential/retail project is hailed as a public-private partnership as it breaks ground. THINGS TO DO: Neil Sedaka Friday | Pencil documentary tonight | “Humbug” one-man musical Sunday | Miniature Christmas village | Ariana Village Christmas lights HIGHER ED: FSC honored for teacher training | SEU appoints veep for strategic partnerships Source: The Ledger
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MEMORIAL: The LPD Foundation is raising money for a tribute to fallen officers at the police station. CRIME: A focus on gangs has led to a 25 percent drop in violent crimes over last year, the police chief says. OBITUARY: The Rev. Gene Parks, a civil rights advocate who was at Martin Luther King Jr.’s church the […]
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A woman whose attorney said she was feeding her Lottery addiction was convicted of stealing $800k from her employer but acquitted of money laundering. The Ledger says farewell to two veteran journalists who are retiring: Jeff Kline after 43 years at the paper and Robin Williams Adams after 35. (Best wishes to you both!) In […]
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The Lakeland-based Congressional district represented by Dennis Ross is losing Mulberry and Bartow but gaining parts of Auburndale and Lake County. J.D. Alexander gets a university campus named after him. The owner of Divicious puts friendliness on the sandwich shop menu. Source: The Ledger
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Christmas Parade forecast: Good cheer bolstered by mild temps and punctuated by a fair chance of rain. Those who stay home Thursday evening can view the festivities via the city’s LGN on cable or Internet. Map | Participants Kathleen Road: Expect intermittent lane closures from downtown to I-4 as crews prepare for paving that starts […]
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Parks: Donations, like the one from an insurance company that will upgrade Webster Park, are essential for the city rec system, an official says. Fish tales: A Lakeland-based fisheries biologist spends work hours checking lakes. His PhD wife studies salt-water creatures. Their dinner conversation: “some pretty nerdy fish conversations.” Busted: Hippy-looking undercover detective pumping gas starts […]
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Black Friday alternatives: Small Business Saturday Also: WTSP’s story | Take a hike Directing the city: Commissioners plan to focus on “big ideas” to try for consensus and counter perception of ineffectiveness. Dreadnaughts: Viera KOs Lakeland, 24-14 Source: The Ledger
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Thanksgiving stories: The downtrodden were fed | People are shopping. Source: The Ledger
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Florida Poly: The university police chief has left his $113k job after 15 months. (No, the position isn’t posted.) Thanksgiving: An immigrant couple is especially grateful for freedom. Democracy: City Commissioners are looking at moving public comments to the start of their meetings. Mamma Mia: Here I go again. The musical is coming to The Lakeland Center on Monday. Alan […]