Davenport News

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:48 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:48 p.m. FOUR CORNERS Northeast Polk County residents are in strong disagreement with each other over what facilities should be available in a regional park being planned for an 83-acre citrus grove on Old Lake Davenport.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. LAKELAND October was a month for setting records - both hot and cold.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:49 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:49 p.m. Futures Tour rookie Tiffany Joh of San Diego and Canadian Danielle Mills both fired 5-under-par 67s on Monday to share the first-round lead in the Duramed Futures Tour 2010 Qualifying Tournament.

Most festivals and special celebrations these days have become modernized with fast rides, bright flashing lights and loud music, but the festival that soon will take place in the small city of Davenport will be anything but modern.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 2:05 a.m. Haines City Arrest Reports Oct.

Guests can "Fall into Fun" at the city of Bartow's Family Fall Festival today, from 6 to 9 p.m. This free event will be hosted by Bartow's Parks and Recreation Department at the Bartow Civic Center, 2250 S. Floral Ave.

A 31-year-old Polk County man faces charges of having sex with a 14-year-old Osceola County girl, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said Friday.

Dave Gugel, of Davenport FL, knows a thing or two about outdoor Halloween decorating.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 10:58 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 10:58 p.m. DAVENPORT People with ideas on what the planned county park in northeast Polk should contain can share them at a public meeting on Nov.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:27 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:58 p.m. LAKELAND Gabrielle O'Toole and her husband, Neal, prepared for the birth of their first child four years ago by buying a child safety seat.

Published: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. LAKELAND Erica Popson dominated girls' high school golf in Polk County for the past three years, winning the county tournament twice and qualifying for the state tournament all four years at Ridge Community High School in Davenport.

Polk County will host one of the biggest paintball tournaments of the year today through Sunday at Fantasy of Flight in Auburndale.

A man with a history of fleeing police lost his life doing that early Wednesday, authorities said.

AN Irishman was last night in a stable condition in hospital after he was shot in the neck at a firing range in the US .

Published: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 4:12 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 10:46 p.m. Dr.

Three people are stable condition this afternoon after an accidental shooting this morning at a gun range near Lakeland.

Tampa Bay - From the Howard Frankland Bridge to Davenport ... pileups on bay area roads are leading to big backups.A Drivers trying to head south on the Howard Frankland bridge were re-routed sunday afternoon, when several crashes shut down that section of I-275. In eastern Hillsborough county, a charter bus and more than a dozen cars were involved ...

Published: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. You're in South Lakeland.

It's was a bad afternoon to be on the roads. Three chain-reaction crashes, each involving numerous cars, caused nightmares for drivers on three major roads in the Tampa Bay area.

Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. The other day, Trent Rowe, The Ledger's food editor, handed me a one-dollar bill.