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The Florida Southern College Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the oldest and largest collegiate honor society dedicated to the recognition and promotion of all academic disciplines, initiated 15 new members Dec.

Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. LAKELAND After a national search, Virginia native Adam Justice has been hired as curator of art at the Polk Museum of Art.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 12:51 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 12:51 a.m. A new school for students with dyslexia opening next year will hold an open house Monday.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 12:03 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 12:03 a.m. LAKELAND The race for Polk County School Board member Margaret Lofton's seat has already drawn two candidates - Terry Pittman, an outgoing facilities manager with the county, and Lynn Wilson, an accountant with Polk State College.

Maker of touch-sensitive screens recruits college to train educators. LOCAL-Cary match-Lakeland, Florida, December 9, 2009, St.

A U.S. youth soccer director will arrive in Avon next week to offer a free clinic to area coaches.

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 9:06 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 9:06 p.m. LAKELAND Two days after three Florida Southern College students were injured by a truck while walking across Ingraham Avenue, the city received a letter from the school Thursday urging the city to close the road where the accident took place.

Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. LAKELAND Gow Fields agrees that many people were surprised he beat Jim Verplanck by 508 votes Tuesday in a runoff election and will become Lakeland's next mayor Jan.

Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:24 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:25 a.m. LAKELAND Lakeland police are asking for help in identifying the driver of a vehicle who is suspected of shooting a Florida Southern College student walking around Lake Hollingsworth.

Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:04 p.m. LAKELAND Three Florida Southern College students were hit by a vehicle this afternoon, and two have been taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with minor injuries, according to Bay News 9. The crash occurred near Ingraham Avenue on Lake ...

A freshman at Florida Southern College was shot early Sunday morning while walking around Lake Hollingsworth.

Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:46 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:46 p.m. LAKELAND State Sen.

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.

Right off the presses and just in time for Lakelandersa Christmas stockings is a great coffee table book featuring the Polk Museum of Art.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

November 17, 2009 - Liberty Mutual Agency Markets , a strategic business unit of Liberty Mutual Group, today announced that Ms.