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The paper was founded on August 22, 1924, as the Lakeland Evening Ledger.In 1927, it bought its main competitor, the morning Lakeland Star-Telegram.By 1930, it was obvious that Lakeland could not support two papers, so Ledger Publishing Company merged the two papers into a single morning paper, the Lakeland Ledger and Star-Telegram.
Carpenter's Home Church was a prominent Pentecostal megachurch in Lakeland, Florida, affiliated with the Assemblies of God USA. Opened in 1985, the church claimed nearly 7,000 worshipers at its peak. Opened in 1985, the church claimed nearly 7,000 worshipers at its peak.
Michelle Saum Schofield (born 1968 or 1969) was an American woman who lived in Central Florida with her husband Leo Schofield. She did not return home from her job at a restaurant in Lakeland on February 24, 1987. Her body was found three days later in a canal in Bone Valley. She had been stabbed multiple times.
Paul Beasley Johnson spent four decades on death row for killing three people, including Polk deputy Theron Burnham, in 1981. He died Saturday at 74.
William Alan Trask [1] (June 26, 1933 – January 9, 2019) was an American politician in the state of Florida. Trask was born in Bartow, Florida. He attended the University of Florida and Florida Southern College. [2] He was elected to the State Senate for the 27th district in 1968 and served until 1971.
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States.Located along I-4 east of Tampa and west of Orlando, it is the most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. [8]
James Henry Mills (May 2, 1923 – November 11, 1973) was the only Polk County, Florida native to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II.He joined the Army from his birth city in September 1943. [1]
An Alabama woman "is recuperating well" after undergoing a pig kidney transplant in New York City, per reports. Towana Looney, 53, underwent surgery using the organ from a genetically manipulated ...