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Project's OK Could Help Dockery
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:46 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:46 p.m. LAKELAND State Sen.
Vigils Keep HIV Aids Fight Alive
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:32 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:48 a.m. LAKELAND A candlelight AIDS vigil at Twin Lakes Park in Lake Alfred on Tuesday evening was a multi-church gathering that drew 50 or more people, some from as far away as Lakeland.
New Book on the Polk Museum of Art
Right off the presses and just in time for Lakelandersa Christmas stockings is a great coffee table book featuring the Polk Museum of Art.
Teacher Aims to Pair Students, Role Models
Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. Whether it is putting on talent shows or taking students on college tours, Sleepy Hill Middle School physical education teacher Corey Tumer is always on the go and usually doing something for children.
People Are Pushed Into Homelessness For Many Reasons
Published: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 1:14 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 1:14 a.m. LAKELAND Homelessness can be difficult to understand for those who've never experienced it first-hand. Four people who know what it's like to lose everything, including their homes, spoke during a panel discussion recently at Florida Southern ...
Police: Census worker staged bizarre death
On the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word "fed" scrawled across his chest.
Don't Miss: Florida Southern College's Vagabonds Production
Left to right actresses Heather Dean, Drew Sebastian and Cortney West in Welcome back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at Florida Southern College.
Theologist: Virtue Trumps Freedoms
Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. LAKELAND A visiting theology professor gave a warning to Christian churches in a lecture at Florida Southern College on Friday: Beware of political and economic systems that promise plenty and freedom at the expense of virtue.
Agency Markets Names Carol Sipe as President of Summit Loading...
November 17, 2009 - Liberty Mutual Agency Markets , a strategic business unit of Liberty Mutual Group, today announced that Ms.
New teaching center for nurses
The future of nursing has arrived in Polk County. Florida Southern College formally opened a new teaching center for nurses to get their degrees.
Hope for Restoring Wright's Vision at FSC
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:20 a.m. LAKELAND Efforts to restore buildings at Florida Southern College designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright are only about 2 percent complete, but there is hope for progress, according to the architect in charge of restoration efforts.
Perfect Patient 'Walter' Gets Visitors at FSC Nursing Building
Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 2:50 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 3:12 a.m. LAKELAND In the classroom laboratory of the new Joe K. and Alberta Blanton Nursing Building at Florida Southern College, a patient named Walter doesn't look so good.
Bartow golfer signs to play for Florida Southern
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:11 a.m. Jake Horne won't have to go far to continue her golf career in college.
FSC s Festival of Fine Arts Presents Teresa Walters
Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:12 a.m. WHAT: Classical pianist Teresa Walters gives a recital as part of Florida Southern College's Festival of Fine Arts WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today WHERE: Branscomb Auditorium, Florida Southern College, Lakeland THE ARTIST: Teresa Walters is perhaps better ...
Author Warns of Dangers in 'Labeling' Difficult Kids
Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 9:27 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. LAKELAND Dealing with a difficult child can be, well, difficult.
Afro-Semitic Experience Is a 'Soul-Driven' Project
Band plays a musical stew of Jewish, Latin and African styles. Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. As David Chevan tells it, The Afro-Semitic Experience began as what he thought was a joke.
Polls in 3 Polk Cities Open At 7 a.m.
Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:28 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:28 p.m. LAKELAND Today, city voters will try to pick a new mayor for the first time since Mayor Buddy Fletcher took office in January 1997.
Is Age a Factor in Mayoral Race?
Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 11:48 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. LAKELAND 71, 46, 26.
Public Deeds: Gigs and Garlands
Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 9:27 a.m. Halloween is over.
'PSCAlert' test shows 86% success rate
The first test results of Polk State College's new campus emergency alert system were released Tuesday.
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