Reshane Lewis wasn't happy, sweat dripping from her face as she paraded outside the courthouse here carrying a sign reading, "I stole from a local store." ...more

November 4, 2007

On a Web page preparing for their 20-year reunion this weekend, members of Lakeland High School's Class of 1987 wrote short blurbs about their children and jobs in architectural design, investment banking or the military. ...more

October 4, 2007

AVON PARK — "I remember when those lights went on, saying, 'Oh God, I'm going to jail.'" That's what Tom, age 27, of Avon Park, recalled after leaving a bar in Lakeland on April 23, 2006, and driving his Volkswagen Bug. Tom was pulled over by a Lakeland police officer for not having his running lights on. He only had three drinks, he said. "Those three drinks cost me about $485 each, no, it was a lot more than that," he said. "I spent 26 hours in jail. I received probation for a year and $2,500 in fines and another $45 per month for the probation." ...more

September 9, 2007