Polk County supervisor allegedly threatened colleagues over Norris' firing, report says A Polk County Sheriff's Office report says Supervisor Tom Hockensmith allegedly threatened to fight other supervisors over John Norris' firing. 01/8/2025 - 3:48 am | View Link
Greenville County Council elects new chair in seismic political shift. Could tax repeal be next? The election of Benton Blount as chair of Greenville County Council marks a major political shift. Repeal of a controversial tax increase is now on the table. 01/7/2025 - 8:00 pm | View Link
Holleman: Sam Page continues to rack up political losses in new year After losing his bid to name the next prosecutor, Page faces a hostile County Council determined to check his power. 01/7/2025 - 6:14 am | View Link
Political Division in County Government Widens The division between the executive and legislative branches of government in Putnam County has reached a fevered pitch, with members of the county Legislature charging that Executive Kevin Byrne is ... 01/7/2025 - 3:58 am | View Link
Jan 6 defendants with Polk County ties await possible pardons from Trump The trials of three defendants with Polk County ties are scheduled to begin one week after Donald Trump will be inaugurated on Jan. 20. 01/7/2025 - 2:31 am | View Link
A manatee was spotted in the Intracoastal in Pompano Beach with a bike tire stuck around its torso on Dec. 27, but it swam away before Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists could rescue it.
Brisk temperatures caused a surge in Broward County manatee sightings as they moved south towards warm water.
I’m all for fact-checking, but it isn’t practical or possible to fact-check everything everyone says or writes, particularly on such a large scale as social media.
Unfortunately, many people believe what they want to believe without checking it out. Letters to the editor of this newspaper do not always seem to be fact-checked.
Dear Eric: “Jim” and I had a daughter, “Helena,” who was 12 years old when her father died of cancer.
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Jim and Helena were very close, and she knew that she would receive a letter from her father on every birthday until she turned 18.
When she graduated college, I surprised her with another letter.
Q: Jimmy Butler and the fans wanted another star on the Heat. Is Tyler Herro close enough to count as that third star? Now we have the arrival of Herro and Jimmy is almost out the door. Looking at Herro’s numbers they are close to Damian Lillard. Damian is probably an A+ player, but Herro moved up to at least A/1A.
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I responded that I would love to come to dinner.