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Fort Meade commissioners have averted a $240,000 gap in their preliminary 2016-17 budget by whacking the proposed extension of water lines about two miles east on County Road 630.

More details of the events leading to the death of Clifford Owen Cofer II have been released by the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

It was a 30th birthday party, but the biggest celebrators were under the age of 10.

The race for the District 3 County Commission seat will be over Aug. 30. The candidates are Bill Braswell, 58, an Auburndale blueberry farmer and retired US. Air Force pilot, and J.C. Martin, 53, a Winter Haven Republican activist and manager at Kelly Buick GMC in Bartow.

Hillary Clinton can claim a decisive victory over Donald Trump, at least for one night.

There will be nighttime and overnight lane closures on U.S. 98 S. at Autumnwood Grove Boulevard Sunday through Aug. 12, the Florida Department of Transportation said.

The Lake Wales Police Department arrested four people Friday after finding more than $4,000, crack cocaine and other drug paraphernalia in their apartment.

The back-to-school tax-free holiday will last until 11:59 p.m. Sunday.

A 16-year-old girl, known to frequent Davenport and Lakeland, is missing and thought to be endangered, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said Friday.

A prominent Lakeland lawyer has sent a letter to some circuit and county judges in Bartow asking them to contribute money to the campaign of Carson Bassett, a candidate for county judge.