Orlando boss, Ed Milam, was found brutally murdered in a Kissimmee swamp. We examine his life and death.
Lakeland
Gangland Life and Murder of Ed Milam
Polk County Sheriff ousted in gambling crackdown
Crime bosses installed Frank Williams as Polk County sheriff in exchange for an unmolsted bolita monopoly.
Pipkin Band Shell at Florida Southern College
The Pipkin Bandshell at Florida Southern College in Lakeland was constructed in 1941. It was named after a Lakeland pioneer named L. N. Pipkin, who moved to Polk County in 1883 and served as a Florida Southern trustee since 1910...