Polk County

Man on Honeymoon Busted for Soliciting a Prostitute

A man from Illinois was honeymooning with his new bride in Orlando when he allegedly decided to leave their honeymoon suite at the Omni Hotel in Champions Gate to go pay another woman for sex. The newlywed woman had noticed her man had gone missing and called the cops. She would soon learn that her ... More >>

Urban Sprawl Kills Endangered Florida Panthers

Creed at 15: Pretty Tolerable Without Music Videos

​Creed's debut album, My Own Prison, will be 15 years old in 2012. To celebrate, the band's playing the record and follow-up Human Clay in full as part of intimate two-night engagements around the country in April and May. Hand-wringing and eye-rolling ensued among those with whom County Grind dis ... More >>

Florida Designates Special Hunting Areas for Wounded Veterans

Hunting and fishing trips are becoming more popular for vets.​Stalking alligators in a swamp is not the only way veterans can bond and heal during outdoor adventures in Florida. In May, the Legislature passed a bill designating certain portions of state forests hunting areas for injured activ ... More >>

"Brain-Eating Amoeba" On the Loose, if British Tabloid Is to Be Trusted

The Daily Mail​A little-known killer is making its way through the southern United States, according to the British tabloid The Daily Mail: a "brain-eating amoeba" called Naegleria fowleri. Victims so far include one 16-year-old girl from Florida, Courtney Nash, who reportedly died after swimming ... More >>

Polk County Jail Stops Giving Out Underwear. Prepare for Commando Criminals

randomfartings.blogspot.comYou have to pay for this look in the Polk County jail.​The Polk County jail is going to be home to some free-swinging criminals starting in August.According to the Polk Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Donna Wood, as part of a cost-cutting measure, the jail will no longer pr ... More >>

Does the Sun-Sentinel Hate Atheists?

Will he smite bad bloggers with his noodly appendage?​Could the Sun-Sentinel's corporate overlords at Tribune Co. please explain why Barbara Hijek has a job? Could they please explain why a paper at which honest-to-goodness investigative reporters and serious editorialists were not long ago pressu ... More >>

15-Year-Old Prostitute Arrested Along With Pimp, 58 Others

​Sixty souls were apprehended in Polk County over the last week, as Polk's finest spent your tax payer dollars arresting sex-workers and their clients. Among the apprehended were a sex-starved Disney mechanic and a man with breast implants who advertised his services on Backpage.com. (Backpage.com ... More >>

Florida's Eight Most Wanted Sexual Predators

Photo: FDLEEnrique Soto​It takes an especially brutal sex crime to qualify a sex offender as a "predator." The Florida Department of Law Enforcement currently lists eight sexual predators who have absconded -- meaning they're not living at the address in the sex offender registry. Based on th ... More >>

Empty Seats, Empty Suits

History is like a lead weight in deep water — in two different productions

Deputy Do-Wrong

Lewis Perry slipped through BSO's porous screening process. For the Gomez family, the results were tragic.

Who Do I Have to Whack to Raise My Google Profile?

Radio right-winger Doug Goetzloe tries another political hit for Internet ratings.

No Touchy

Keep Your Blood, Bud

Tailpipe

Magnificent Moths

Sex Talk

The Etiquette of Whoring

Net Free

A whimsical journey on the wings of a butterfly

By Susan Eastman

Dr. Strange Train

Or: How I learned to start worrying and hate the bullet train

Longshot

Florida House minority leader Lois Frankel is waging an impossible campaign for governor

Train in Vain

Millionaire Charles Croffard Dockery dreams of creating a high-speed bullet train in Florida. Sound crazy? Wait until you hear the details.