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Author Archives: Stephanie Claytor

Stephanie Claytor has been a broadcast and digital journalist in Lakeland since 2016, covering Polk County for Bay News 9 and currently free-lancing for LkldNow. She is an author of travel and children's books.

Posted inPeople

Watson Clinic Adds Chiropractic Care to Its List of Services

by Stephanie Claytor April 11, 2022January 20, 2023

Watson Clinic is joining a growing number of medical practices that are adding chiropractic care to its list of services. Chiropractor Jalen Banks recently began seeing patients at the Watson Clinic Center for Specialized Rehabilitation on E. County Road 540A and Lakeland Highlands Road.

Posted inSchools

Polk County Schools Removes Books from Libraries for Review After Group Complains About Them

by Stephanie Claytor January 26, 2022December 14, 2022

Polk County Public Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid has asked middle and high school librarians to remove 16 books from school media center shelves for a review after receiving complaints about the books from the activist group County Citizens Defending Freedom.

Posted inDowntown, Recreation

Bonnet Springs Park Pushes Toward Opening This Spring

by Stephanie Claytor January 3, 2022October 27, 2022

The project to turn 168 vacant acres west of downtown Lakeland into the showcase Bonnet Springs Park is on schedule to open this spring or summer, the park’s developers say.

Posted inBusiness

The Well Business Center to Offer Workspace in Lakeland’s Midtown

by Stephanie Claytor May 5, 2021February 1, 2023

Three years in the making, The Well business center is finally springing up from the ground at 114 E. Parker St. in Lakeland’s Midtown neighborhood, The  $1.3 million, 4,700-square-foot collaborative workspace is scheduled to open in early 2022.

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