MUSUEM: The Polk Museum of Art and Florida Southern College are moving toward a partnership that will let the two institutions work more closely to strengthen arts education and foster museum growth.

HOSPITAL: City commissioners and local legislators agreed to disagree on the state’s Certificate of Need program, which city officials say could harm Lakeland Regional Health.

HOTELS: Lodging is scarce in Polk as Monday’s national college football championship in Tampa approaches.

PRO BONO: Kristie Hatcher-Bolin, an FSC grad and lawyer with Gray Robinson’s Lakeland office, is being honored by the Florida Bar for her volunteer work representing children under the Guardian Ad Litem program.

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Barry Friedman founded Lkldnow.com in 2015 as the culmination of a career in print and digital journalism. Since 1982, he has used the tools of reporting, editing and content curation to help people in Lakeland understand their community better.

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