There are many good aspects about social media, but are the cons of social media outweighing the good?

From public school teacher to local small business owner, to parental advocate, Polk County native Lisa Miller served the county for years before running for school board.

Florida Southern College’s Deskovic Foundation is the only college chapter in the country strictly for undergraduates to shuffle through stacks of mail sent from those incarcerated in Florida prisons. They seek all seek claims to innocence.

In July 2021, Christina and Paul Needham achieved their dream of opening an independent coffeeshop and bookstore in downtown Lakeland: Pressed Books & Coffee—leaving a long-lasting impact on the Lakeland community ever since.

At October's First Friday event, the Cookie Carnival, gave local bakers an opportunity to participate in a contest where visitors and judges could vote on their favorite baked good.

"There is one aspect of the film that audiences will not stop talking about," Nathalie Moreno writes in her opinion. "The ‘coming out’ of original cast member Velma Dinkley as LGBTQ. And frankly, it’s about time.

"Why? Because like celebrity deaths, scandals happen in threes. After the John Mulaney and Adam Levine scandal came to light, another man was bound to be next," Caroline Bryant writes in her opinion.

"Our planet is suffering, and we are to blame," opinion writer Isaac Wardyn writes.

"It’s understandable to have a morbid curiosity," columnist Emma Matzen writes. "However, it doesn’t seem like all true crime fans consider the very real people who were hurt in many of these crimes."

For a younger version of me, someone who loved music and played any instruments she could get her hands on (and still does), Patsy and Loretta were idols.

On Friday, Nov. 4, the Polk Theater came to life as the newest class of members in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame were honored.

The women’s soccer team brought home the first Sunshine State Conference regular season championship title in program history.

With an attitude and talent like Langford’s, it’s hard to go wrong.

The Florida Southern Men’s soccer team defeated Atlantis University and tied number 6 Florida Tech after falling to Lynn University on September 17. 

The Florida Southern College women’s golf team finished in second place at the Seminole State Warmup at Mayfield Country Club in Sanford, Fla on Sept. 4, 2022. Loren Perez led the team to second when she finished second overall individually with a score of 75 in round one and 75 again in round two.