► Board-certified rheumatologist Lilliam E. Ayala Garcia joined Watson Clinic Main at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland.
► Dream Finders Homes is selling five different floor plans at pre-construction prices in Haines City’s Hammock Reserve, being developed off Prado Grande Street near the intersection of Old Haines City/Lake Alfred Road and U.S. Highway 27.
► Douglas E. Riley, fire chief at the Lakeland Fire Department, was named the 2020 Florida Fire Chief of the Year.
► Baylis & Co., a CPA firm co-founded by the late Edie Yates Henderson, merged with another Lakeland company, CPS Group CPAs.
► The Checkers restaurant at 2919 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland, will be the test site for a new design for the chain, which includes upgrades to the kitchen, and exterior, and adds outdoor seating.
► The World Health Organization selected research on fighting COVID-19 created by Ajeet Kaushik, assistant professor of chemistry at Florida Polytechnic University, to be featured in its database of global literature on the coronavirus. (Pictured above)
► A portion of the main Lakeland Public Library, on Lake Morton, will be closed to the public as crews construct a Lakeland History and Culture Center.
► Cole Harris opened Central Florida Aircraft Services, a full-service maintenance company, at Lakeland Linder Airport.
