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Ledger Staff BARTOW — Polk County Public Schools is busy this summer, keeping up with student awards and also continuing to give out free meals to students in need.  According to the school district’s website, the district participates in the “Summer Breakspot” program, offering free meals to children while school is out.  Meals are available for all children 18 years old and under, as well as adult students in special education programs. Children do not have to be present ...

Bomb squad attend as two unexploded devices found in Lincoln Controlled explosions will be carried out at RAF Scampton Stock photo of a Bomb Disposal Unit. | Photo: Connor Creaghan for The Lincolnite A bomb squad was called out to two separate incidents in Lincoln on Wednesday after the discovery of unexploded devices. An old flare was found in a garden on Addison Drive and a hand grenade was obtained from the water on Waterside North in Lincoln. Lincolnshire Police said the Explosive Ordnance ...

Director of Research and Enterprise at the University of Lincoln Andrew Stevenson. | Photo: Steve Smailes United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has apologised after doctors missed a patient’s heart tear and sent him home before he sadly died later the same week. Andrew Stevenson, 47, was cycling and started suffering from a number of worrying symptoms, so he went to Lincoln County Hospital. The tear near his heart was not spotted and on Sunday, December 13, 2020 Andrew, who was the D...

New Haven firefighter died doing the job he always dreamed of doing, officials say FacebookTwitterEmail Firefighter Ricardo Torres.Contributed NEW HAVEN — Firefighter Ricardo Torres was recalled Wednesday as someone who had a deep love help of helping others, a warm sense of humor and a lifelong goal of being part of fire service. Torres died Wednesday while fighting a fire on Valley Street. He joined the department in July 2019, serving on Engine 6. Local 825 union President Patrick Cannon, ...

Haven High School Alumni Association announces 2021 scholarship awards Special to The News Students awarded The 2021 Haven High School Alumni Association’s Veterans’ Scholarship honors Carl Stelter who graduated from Haven High School in 1946. After graduation, Carl joined the United States Army and served from 1946 to 1948, spending most of that time in Occupied Japan.  He rejoined the Army in 1950 and served in both Korea and Germany until his honorable discharge in 1953.  Carl was a se...

The venues for a huge Covid-19 community testing programme in Boston next week have been revealed.

Tributes to schoolboy Roberts Buncis found dead just days before his 13th birthday A fundraising campaign to pay for the costs of Roberts funeral has already passed its £10,000 target Updated Sign up for our free newsletter for court stories sent straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newslet...

Tributes to boy murdered two days before his 13th birthday “Popular young man destined for a life of joy” Police identified the victim as Roberts Buncis, 12. On what would have been his 13th birthday, tributes have been flooding in to remember Roberts Buncis, a schoolboy who was murdered in Fishtoft near Boston this weekend, The 14-year-old has been remanded and will appear at court on Monday morning, while a 19-year-old man, arrested on Sunday, remains in police custody. Edgars Buncis and ...

First published on Mon 14 Dec 2020 04.35 EST A 12-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered two days before his 13th birthday has been described as “a popular young man destined for a life of joy, happiness and success”. The body of Roberts Buncis was found on grassy land near a housing estate near Boston, Lincolnshire, on Saturday. He was due to turn 13 on Monday. A 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named because he is under 18, appeared in court on Monday accused of the 12-year-old’s murder....