During more than 30 years in politics, Gov. Lawton Chiles has earned a reputation as a shrewd deal-maker. But in his private life, this skill has really paid off. Twenty-six years ago, Chiles ...

Friends of Gov. Lawton Chiles gathered for lunch on the 25th anniversary of his death Tuesday to tell tales about the shrewd and folksy “he coon,” whose two terms in the Governor’s Mansion ...

BUNNELL – Lawton Chiles had told the people of Florida to pray for rain. So when it came Thursday in fire-ravaged Flagler County, the governor wasn’t about to backtrack. “I’m happy to be ...

Lawton Chiles was known for when he died 20 years ago. “We called him the grandfather governor. He loved people and people loved him,” Jack Levine, founder of the 4Generations Institute ...

TALLAHASSEE — Rhea Chiles, 84, the wife of former Gov. Lawton Chiles who was an influential force in her husband's policy initiatives as governor and U.S. senator and an accomplished artist ...

"Walkin'" Lawton Chiles was born in 1930 and raised in Lakeland; he received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Florida, in between serving as an Army artillery officer in Korea.

Lawton Chiles, this state could unravel into disarray and near chaos. If on Wednesday the state government must sharply curtail its operations, and shut down some functions for lack of money ...

Lawton Chiles Middle Academy is a public school located in Lakeland, FL, which is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Lawton Chiles Middle Academy is 649 and the school serves 6-8.