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Category: People

Posted inPeople

Friends Offer Tributes, Condolences After Death in Truck-Pedestrian Accident

by Barry Friedman December 19, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: Facebook: Tina Highsmith

Posted inPeople

Wallet Was Returned: ‘Thank Goodness for Old Cowboys’

by Barry Friedman December 17, 2015September 1, 2022

Source: ABC Action News

Posted inPeople

Former Legislator Gene Ready Dies at 74

by Barry Friedman December 15, 2015August 9, 2022

Lakeland native Gene Ready, a former member of the House of Representatives and more recently national president of Seminole Boosters Inc., has died. He was 74. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Heath Funeral Chapel, according to a listing on the funeral home’s website.

Posted inPeople

Football-Star-Turned-Homeless: Concussions Could Have Caused Issues

by Barry Friedman December 11, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: The Charlotte Observer

Posted inPeople

Justin Verlander Trying to Sell His Grasslands House

by Barry Friedman December 10, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: CBS Detroit

Posted inPeople

Heartbreaking Tale: Ex-Football Star Ends Up Homeless in Lakeland Before Fatal Accident

by Barry Friedman December 2, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: The New York Times

Posted inPeople

Cosmopolitan Video Features Lakeland Swimsuit Designer

by Barry Friedman November 25, 2015September 1, 2022

Source: Cosmopolitan

Posted inCity Hall, People

Lakeland Airport Director Decides to Stay Put

by Barry Friedman November 19, 2015August 9, 2022

The head of Lakeland’s airport has turned down an opportunity to move to a similar job in Naples. “I’m honored that I was selected as their No. 1 candidate,” Gene Conrad said. “But as we weighed all the great opportunities that we have here in Lakeland, we decided that staying here was really the best option.”

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Lakeland Man Needed More Proof He Won a Big Lottery Payout

by Barry Friedman November 19, 2015August 9, 2022

Maybe it’s because of his years as a top aide to two U.S. senators in Washington, but 74-year-old Robert Harris of Lakeland was skeptical when he opened the newspaper Nov. 7 and saw that his numbers won a $550,000 Florida Lottery prize.

Posted inPeople, Schools

Church Preschool Director Stands Up to Standardized Testing, Risking Funds

by Barry Friedman November 18, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2015/11/18/lakeland-preschool-refuses-new-standardized-tests/75978544/

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