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The Lakeland Police Department Volunteers Appreciation Dinner and award presentation was held April 12 at the Lake Mirror Complex in Lakeland.

"Over the last few weeks, the number of patients with COVID-19 being treated at Lakeland Regional Health has steadily risen, and we are seeing a younger demographic in many cases," Hamilton said. "We suspect the Delta variant with its ease in spreading is causing many of these infections. Statewide, new cases nearly doubled week-to-week, jumping to 45,603 new infections this week. Nearly 20% of the nation's new coronavirus infections are happening in Florida, one of four states seeing a significant rise in cases, as The Hill reports.  Both Polk and the state saw upticks in their weekly posit...

Updated 1 minute ago 'Pandemic Is Not Over': Florida Republican Describes Harrowing COVID-19 Ordeal James Ring, president of the Lakeland GOP, said he hadn't taken the time to get vaccinated yet. A Florida Republican official has urged people to get vaccinated and wear masks after he got badly sick with COVID-19 last month and feared he “wasn’t going to make it out of the hospital alive.” James Ring, president of the Republican Party of Lakeland, Florida, said he had grown complacent about remembering to wear a mask and hadn’t gotten around to getting vaccinated yet. The former Lakela...

Almost immediately after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law changing some voting procedures, the lawsuits started flying. The League of Women Voters and others are seeking to block SB 90, which they call a “voter suppression” bill, from taking effect. Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature followed the lead of GOP lawmakers in other states to address concerns about potential voter fraud, even though no significant problems have been identified in the 2020 election in Florida or other states. So what does the new law mean for voters in Polk County? Supervisor of Elections Lo...

A team from Fort Eustis is aiding in the effort to get people vaccinated, including at Norfolk's Military Circle mall.