A combination of technology and community support reunited Britni Fultz with her beloved monitor lizard, Slug.
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Tabletop & Togetherness: Lakeland’s Growing Gaming Scene
Lakeland has a growing community of tabletop gamers and an increasing number of hosted game nights at community centers, local libraries, churches, and living rooms.
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Grace City Church Set to Open New Worship Campus
The local evangelical megachurch that’s grown to more than 3,000 attendees is moving to a new worship campus on a 50-acre site in south Lakeland.
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Katherine Fitzwater Named Next President of VISTE
Steve Bissonnette, current president, will retire in the coming months, but he plans to stay in Lakeland and continue to support Fitzwater.
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Dean Boring, Former City Commissioner and Business Leader, Dies at 77
Former Lakeland City Commissioner and businessman Allan Dean Boring III, whose family name became synonymous with one of the city’s longest-running businesses, died May 30.
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New Succession Plan Sparks Shuffle at LEDC, Catapult
Christin Strawbridge has been tapped to succeed longtime LEDC President Steve Scruggs, triggering change at Catapult as well.
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LCS Mock Trial Team Secures National Championship
Lakeland Christian School’s Mock Trial team won first place at the National High School Mock Trial Championship held May 7-9, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Heroes Remembered at Annual Law Enforcement Memorial
The 38th Annual Polk County Peace Officers’ Memorial Service on May 7 remembered local law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.
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Army Maj. Cody Khork Returns to Polk County
The hearse carrying Khork’s remains was escorted by hundreds of law enforcement and veterans from Lakeland Linder International Airport to Oak Ridge Funeral Home in Winter Haven.
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‘A Legacy of Service’: Florida Southern Scholarship Honors Capt. Cody Khork
Parents and friends establish an endowed scholarship to support cadets and preserve the legacy of the Army reservist killed in the opening days of the war with Iran.
