Overall turnout was 11.6%, the Polk Elections Office reported. Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518. Follow on X @garywhite13.

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FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a burn ban, joining most of the rest of Central Florida. The ban includes campfires, bonfires, yard and trash fires, construction debris, unpermitted ...

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