The lane closure is planned for July 14 at 9 a.m. till July 21 at 4 p.m. and is due to storm sewer and sewer force main ...

A battle is brewing within the Leon County School District, stemming from allegations that Lawton Chiles High School Principal Joe Burgess had misused funds meant to help Advanced Placement students.

Kirby’s move to Lawton Chiles Middle Academy is one of at least 20 changes of principals at public schools in Polk County heading into the start of the new academic year in August.

Chiles and Lawton “Bud” Chiles III, 41, then a Tallahassee public relations consultant, received a $1.25 million taxpayer-subsidized loan in 1984 to refurbish a hotel and restaurant called the ...

Chiles Friday kept his promise to veto a no-new-tax budget. Now a compromise is essential to keep the state functioning, even though it will be at a less than ideal level.

Lawton "Bud" Chiles III, son of the last Democrat to hold the Governor's office in Florida, is running for Governor as an independent. Why exactly? No one is sure.

One month short of completing a distinguished 40-year political career, Gov. Lawton Chiles died on Saturday. He was 68. Chiles, a fourth-generation Floridian who never lost an election, suffered an… ...

Lawton Chiles' 40-year career in public service began in the state Legislature, where he served until 1969. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1971 to 1989 and was governor from 1991 to 1998.

Lawton Chiles Elementary is a public school located in Orlando, FL, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Lawton Chiles Elementary is 561 and the school serves PK-5.

Friends, opponents remember Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles 25 years after his death Chiles famously remarked that “the old he-coon walks just before the light of day” — and the He Coon label stuck.

Lawton Chiles Middle School is a public school located in Hialeah, FL, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Lawton Chiles Middle School is 563 and the school serves 6-8.