- Polk County gets extended early voting with 13 days starting October 24. The Lakeland voting centers are: Simpson Park Community Center at 1725 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue and the Polk County Government Center at 930 E. Parker Street. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- The deadline to register to vote is October 11th. (Polk Elections)
- Lakeland Regional staff may now use the resources of the Mayo system to get electronic consults
- A downtown auto collision left one person injured and the SunTrust building damaged.
- Two more women have come forward to accuse Anthony Conti of sexual assault
Source: The Ledger