William Blocher

I am an assistant metro editor with The Ledger. We cover Polk County, Florida.

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A dad who lost his 6-year-old daughter in a golf cart accident wants better safety rules. http://bit.ly/9doQ1J

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Lakeland commissioners gave non-union workers bonuses this year, because they are not getting raises. http://bit.ly/c2yzlM

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A judge says the dying declaration on one woman who was burned to death can be used, but not the other. http://bit.ly/9RpC80

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A jail inmate tried to get away in only his socks -- with his ankles shackled. http://bit.ly/bR1cUB

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A financial planner is accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl because, he told cops, she reminded him of her mother. http://bit.ly/bR1cUB

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A person was killed crossing Sikes Boulevard in Lakeland on Tuesday evening. #lklnd http://bit.ly/aYfweq

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Polk County's GOP has kicked Randy Wilkinson out, now that he is a Tea Party candidate. http://bit.ly/9ONOMz

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Randy Wilkinson is pulling a Charlie Crist -- sort off. Wilkinson is running for Congress as a Tea Party candidate. http://bit.ly/9dsvvG

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Lakeland Electric is rolling in cash now after years of bleak earnings and even loses. http://bit.ly/bD3k25

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Anyone have marshmellows? Crews are getting ready to burn the oil slick in the Gulf to keep it away from the shore. http://bit.ly/bAdN8B

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Watch out on CR 540A -- a broken water main has closed eastbound lane near Lakealnd Highlands Road. http://bit.ly/aZaxMO

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Folks who live in unincorporated Polk County are headed toward 1-day-a-week garbage pick ups. http://bit.ly/bEF4R0

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The Florida GOP and Marco Rubio are being investigated by the feds. http://bit.ly/9xm9Zx

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A 3-year-old boy who went missing in Florida was found safe, but alone, in New York City. http://bit.ly/afgDXR

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Polk County commissioners have agreed to kick in another $10 million for the USF Poly campus. This time for roads. http://bit.ly/btCl0x

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Driving up to an F-16 or two in the middle of the night can get you busted. As a Sunrise guy in a BMW found out. http://bit.ly/a3ktjF

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Voters are angry and incumbents could pay the price -- from Congress on down. http://bit.ly/abAplN

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County Commission may kick in $10 million for roads around USF Poly, at the expense of two other road projects. http://bit.ly/cc5RD3

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A guy got busted for threatening a Republican congresswoman, Ginny Brown-Waite. http://bit.ly/cC34Lq

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Mark LeVine, who used to lead the Winter Haven and Lake Wales police departments, has died. http://bit.ly/ctUw3Z