Lakeland’s annual classic car show may be running out of gas. That is unless a new sponsor can be found for the three-day October event, which appears to be a difficult task.
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Sun ‘n Fun’s Holiday Festival Will Be an Annual Event
Sun ‘n Fun’s first Holiday Flying Festival and Car Show, held earlier this month, was successful enough that it will become an annual event along with the annual spring fly-in, General Aviation News reports. The festival raised around $100,000 for Sun ‘n Fun’s Aerospace Center for Excellence.
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Messages on Floating Lanterns Memorialize David and Edie Henderson
Friends gathered at Lake Mirror Monday night to celebrate the lives of David and Edie Yates Henderson by writing their memories of the couple on glowing, floating lanterns placed lakeside, News Channel 8 reports. David, a lawyer-turned-developer, and Edie, a CPA and three-term city commissioner, were murdered in their Lake Morton home on Nov. 10. […]
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Two Plaques Being Added to LPD Fallen Officers Memorial
Two new memorial plaques will be added today to the five that are already in place at the Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Lakeland Police Department. They honor Officers Ken Foley and Paul Dunn, who died during the last year. (View News Channel 8 coverage. | Watch video of the event.)
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Restored: Sign Up for LkldNow News Alerts
LkldNow has restored its service that lets readers sign up to get an alert by email every time we publish a new article. If you signed up previously, you will have received two alert today, including one linking to this article.
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Memorial Stone Honors Lakeland-Based Buffalo Soldier
A ceremony in Bartow on Saturday will dedicate a headstone for Pvt. James Johnson, an African-American Buffalo Soldier who was stationed in Lakeland in 1898 awaiting deployment to Cuba during the Spanish-American War. He never made it, instead dying under imprisonment in the county seat, The Ledger reports. | ALSO: News Channel 8 Source: The […]
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Lakeland Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Goes Virtual
Despite being around for 88 years, Temple Emanuel has modern ideas about extending Thanksgiving to a larger community. It’s all about finding gratitude in an unstable time.
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Vigil: Friends Remember David and Edie Yates Henderson
More than 150 people gathered in the rain Sunday night for a memorial candlelight vigil in front of the Lake Morton home of David and Edie Yates Henderson. They sang “Amazing Grace” and recited The Lord’s Prayer. David, a commercial developer, and Edie, head of a CPA firm and 12-year Lakeland city commissioner, were murdered […]
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Veterans Day Event Will Dedicate Desert Storm Monument
A new monument honoring veterans of Operation Desert Storm will be dedicated Saturday at Lakeland’s annual Veterans Day ceremony, and this year’s event will include a local veterans’ advocate who recently received a statewide award.
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From LakelandMom: Halloween Events, Trick or Treat Times
With many people looking for safer ways to observe Halloween tonight, LakelandMom has been busy compiling guides to local family events and safe trick-or-treating tips. Source: LakelandMom