Rex Dimmig News Today

Christopher Desrochers, a Polk County native, earned a law degree from the University of Florida and has been in private practice since 1992.

Joe Tedder was first elected as Tax Collector in 1996 and has been reelected six times. No other candidate had filed to enter the race as of Friday.

Carlos G. Muňiz, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, has ordered a committee to study consolidations among the state’s 20 judicial circuits.

The House measure would require judges to impose death sentences if recommended by at least eight jurors.

Public defender Rex Dimmig recalled a time when a judge ruled on a matter after saying, “I missed most of that, but I caught the gist."