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Lakeland

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Florida Man Steals Dead Woman's Ashes, Threatens to Snort Them

    Some people steal things for monetary and material gain. Others steal things because they are just truly horrible people who get a kick out of hurting others. Joseph W. Pointer, 51, of Lakeland, Florida, is apparently in the later category.He allegedly stole a dead woman's ashes and then told the de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Florida Dad Shakes Baby to Death for Interrupting Xbox Marathon

    Jacob David Hartley had been a dad for three weeks, but apparently didn't have as much enthusiasm for his newborn son as he did for his Xbox. The 20-year-old Lakeland, Florida, resident stands accused of shaking his son to death after the child started crying while he was in the middle of a video ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Florida Man Molested Boys in Party Van Full of Video Games

    Leonard Filipkowski drove what police describe as "a predator's paradise" -- a giant, colorfully painted van with darkened windows and a sophisticated system of flat screen TVs and video games installed in the back. Filipkowski has now been charged with 20 counts of counts lewd and lascivious acts i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Florida Atheists Spray Highway With "Unholy Water" to Protest Religious Blessing

    ​The eternal war between righteous Christians and smarmy nonbelievers has a new ground zero: rural Highway 98 in Polk County, Florida. First, a religious group called Polk Under Prayer blessed the Central Florida asphalt strip with "holy oil" to protect the county from Satan, "evildoers" and "the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Florida Teen Forced To Kneel For Nine Hours Straight, Eat Only Meat Shakes, Police Say

    ​Yesterday afternoon, a 13-year-old boy hobbled down a Lakeland road to a neighbor's house and complained of a barbaric running punishment: for more than a week, he'd been forced to sleep in a bathtub, then spend nine straight hours kneeling every day with only a single daily "shake" made of blend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Workers Storm the Capital Grille in Miami; Cite Discrimination, Wage Theft

    ​Yesterday evening, over 60 restaurant workers and Restaurant Opportunities Centers United supporters from several union and labor groups walked into the Capital Grille in Miami during the restaurant's dinner service, interrupting the bankers and power brokers who dine there to read a letter to ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Do Not Set Up a Mini-Meth Lab in a Moving Car: Sad Lessons from Actual Floridians

    ​When police found 36-year-old Clifford Ellison dead inside an overturned car in Lakeland, Florida, they at first assumed he had died in the accident. Turns out that wasn't the case. He actually died because the man in his passenger seat set off a mini-explosions while trying to mix meth in the mo ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Reader mail: Don't blame 95 Express, blame drivers

    ​When police found 36-year-old Clifford Ellison dead inside an overturned car in Lakeland, Florida, they at first assumed he had died in the accident. Turns out that wasn't the case. He actually died because the man in his passenger seat set off a mini-explosions while trying to mix meth in the mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Florida Court Rules Pasting Kids' Faces on Naked Adult Bodies is Not Child Porn

    ​Danny Parker, a Sunday school teacher from Lakeland, Florida, was arrested and eventually convicted on child porn charges in 2009 after he was found to have cut out the faces of children from photos he'd taken and then pasted them on the bodies of explicit photos of adults. Now, a Florida appeals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Matthew Bellamy, Hero/Idiot Who Wore LeBron Jersey to Cleveland Indians Game, Severely Beaten

    ​Matthew Bellamy is definitely getting the full, abusive spin cycle of Z-list fame. The Lakeland native, who moved to a Cleveland suburb as a kid, first achieved notoriety when he was booed and escorted out of the Cleveland Indians' Progressive Field for wearing a LeBron James jersey three weeks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Gators Coach Will Muschamp Disses Hurricanes

    ​Barring some sort of bowl matchup, the Florida Gators and the Miami Hurricanes won't meet again on the football field until 2013, but the two programs are always locked in an intense recruiting war for players and, occasionally, personnel. Wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill was one of the few staff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    No, 70 People Were Not Trapped in an Airport Hangar Due to Central Florida's Crazy Weather

    via Bay News 9​It's in the 80s and perfectly sunny here in Miami, but our state-mates in the central part of Florida aren't enjoying the same good weather. An apparent tornado that ripped through Tampa has left many areas in Central Florida in disarray. But a report carried by numerous national me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Pedobear Makes Awkwardly Appropriate Appearance in Florida Coupon Book

    ​Pedobear, the online meme meant to mock pedophiles, recently popped up in a Lakeland, Florida coupon book for a computer parts distribution company called CP Distributor. Unfortunately, CP also stands for "child pornography," and it appears some clueless coupon designer included the image not kno ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Crash Course: 411-PAIN network will line their pockets with your insurance money

    ​Pedobear, the online meme meant to mock pedophiles, recently popped up in a Lakeland, Florida coupon book for a computer parts distribution company called CP Distributor. Unfortunately, CP also stands for "child pornography," and it appears some clueless coupon designer included the image not kno ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2010

    Archbishop Thomas Wenski: Tea Party conservative and church radical

    ​Pedobear, the online meme meant to mock pedophiles, recently popped up in a Lakeland, Florida coupon book for a computer parts distribution company called CP Distributor. Unfortunately, CP also stands for "child pornography," and it appears some clueless coupon designer included the image not kno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Matthew Bellamy, Thrown Out of Cleveland Ballpark in Heat Jersey, Tells His Side of the Story

    via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy provided some, apparently, much needed catharsis for angry Cleveland sports fans Wednesday. He showed up at a Cleveland Indians game in LeBron James Miami Heat jersey and got booed out of the stadium. Now he's telling his side of the story, and apparently fans weren't the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Miami Chefs Attend Club Med Wine & Food Fest

    Photo by Riki AltmanChefs in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for Club Med's 2010 Wine & Food Festival.​Club Med, the all-inclusive vacation concept company with its North American headquarters in Miami, has hosted an annual culinary event for years, but it was always kept on the down low.  ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Did friendship cost Rothstein lawyer Melissa Lewis her life?

    Photo by Riki AltmanChefs in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for Club Med's 2010 Wine & Food Festival.​Club Med, the all-inclusive vacation concept company with its North American headquarters in Miami, has hosted an annual culinary event for years, but it was always kept on the down low.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Backstage in South Florida: Who to Thank for Jimmy Buffett's Illustrious Career

    ​Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Jimmy gets a hit and Lee gets the nod.Prior to May 1977, Jimmy Buffett was just another wannabe singer/songwriter who did his time in Nashville befor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    WTF Florida: Pet Snowballs and Attack of the Pizza Fliers

    Bay News 9​There's more than enough weird things that happen here in Miami-Dade, but sometimes it seems we're downright sane compared to the rest of Florida. WTF Florida is our new weekly survey of all the weirdness our Peninsula has to offer. Florida's Oldest SnowballIt rarely snows here in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Weekly Wrapup: The Friday Time Warp

    Jacob KatelHave a drink on us, tonight, New Times tweetup at Waxy's On The River. #NTTweetUp​Some weeks run faster than a lobster from a hot pot of water, a chicken from a cleaver, or a pig from a bottle of Mojo. That's what this one did to us. Here are some posts you might have missed over the we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Publix Headquarters in Lakeland Protested by 500 for Farm Workers' Rights

    Jacob KatelSunday, November 8, 2009, West Miami​This past Sunday, more than 500 voices rang out strong in Lakeland at Publix headquarters. Students, farm workers, religious leaders, and concerned citizens came together to protest the supermarket company. It has refused to align itself with the Coa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Does Publix Support Slavery? Farm Workers Protest for Human Rights

    Does your grocery store support modern slavery in the fields of Florida? A Florida farmworkers union says that Lakeland, Florida based grocery chain Publix continues to buy produce from growers recently convicted of actual human slavery.Heavy beatings, knife wounds, arms in chains, forced living i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Who is Paula Dockery and Why is She Running for Governor?

    After a few months of publicly flirting with the idea, Republican State Senator Paula Dockery of Lakeland officially announced today that she will run for Governor, and challenge Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican Primary. So, who is this lady and why is she doing it? Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Miami, Again, Among 20 Worst Economically Performing Metro Areas

    No, this isn't a temperature chart. The 20 weakest metros are dotted in red. ​Florida dominates the list of 20 metropolitan areas still struggling to make an economic turnaround. Eight Florida areas make up the bottom rung of worst-performing cities in Brooking's latest MetroMonitor Report.&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Study: Miami Amongst 20 Weakest Metro Areas

    via Brookings InstituteFlorida is the only state that starts with an FHere's the bad news: According to a new study of the 100 most populous metro areas in America by the Brookings Institution, the Miami area, including the rest of South Florida, is one of the 20 economically weakest metro areas in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Paula Dockery Looking into Governor's Race

    So much for the state Party's efforts to playdown the importance of primaries during the 2010 election cycle. Attorney General Bill McCollum is the establishment favor to take the Republican's nomination for the Governors race. So much so that it seems Agriculture Commissioner Charles ... More >>

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    Marijuana Goes Upstate

    Florida moves into the number two spot when it comes to grow houses

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Paradise Lost

    For many residents, the luster of Williams Island is long gone

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    The Aviators

    Death and near-death experiences haunt these fly guys

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2005

    Ah, Zo Is Hoopin' and Hollerin'

    Death and near-death experiences haunt these fly guys

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Copeland

    Death and near-death experiences haunt these fly guys

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of March 16, 2000

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Never Too Small to Break the Rules

    Andrea Loring got tired of seeing private high schools recruit star basketball players. But she had no idea busting them would bring her such grief.

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Soda Jerked

    Can an Orlando housewife and her lime-flavor soda compete with the big boys of carbonation?

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Southern Gothic

    For Miami filmmaker Tag Purvis, completing his first full-length movie wasn't just a matter of going home. He also had to stay alive.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    News of the Weird

    For Miami filmmaker Tag Purvis, completing his first full-length movie wasn't just a matter of going home. He also had to stay alive.

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Dream Team

    For years Miami Senior High School has fielded one of the best basketball teams in the nation. But getting into the record books has meant tossing out the rule books.

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    Beaten to a Pulp

    Ironbeer entrepreneur Pedro Blanco thought he had a fruitful contract to can Tropicana juice. Now all he's got is a bankrupt business.

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    Publix Maximus

    Crabby oldsters, cranky youngsters, exotic erotic pussycats, hormone-buzzed buff boys, and chitter-chattering checkers mix it up in the cultural Cuisinart that is the Publix supermarket on South Beach

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    Depth Wish

    A new breed of scuba diver is testing the limits using experimental gases, advanced technology, and a compulsion to take risks

  • News

    December 29, 1993

    Industrious Resolutions

    Miami artists share their wry hopes, sly hopes, and high hopes for the coming year

  • News

    November 3, 1993

    Program Notes 29

    Miami artists share their wry hopes, sly hopes, and high hopes for the coming year

  • News

    April 29, 1992

    Program Notes

    Miami artists share their wry hopes, sly hopes, and high hopes for the coming year

  • News

    March 18, 1992

    Program Notes

    Miami artists share their wry hopes, sly hopes, and high hopes for the coming year

  • News

    March 18, 1992

    Semi-Tough Luck

    Miami artists share their wry hopes, sly hopes, and high hopes for the coming year

  • News

    November 21, 1990

    Cuba Over and Out

    Miami artists share their wry hopes, sly hopes, and high hopes for the coming year

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