Polk County, Florida-- Kathleen Senior placed first in Florida’s Aquaculture Career Development Event (CDE). The event was held Saturday, April 21 at the University of Florida-College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville.

During the Aquaculture CDE competition, high school team members are given 30 minutes to develop an oral presentation around an issue related to the Aquaculture Industry, whether it’s fish species, aquatic plants, water quality parameters or even diseases and parasites.

Bartow, Florida-- The Polk County Sheriff's Office Animal Control Section confirmed Polk County's sixth positive rabies case of 2012 today.

A resident on Sand Mountain Road in Fort Meade found his two dogs with a dead raccoon on Friday, May 11, and notified Animal Control shortly after.

PCSO reports that the raccoon was impounded and tested for rabies.

State Laboratory results came back positive, meaning the raccoon was infected.

FORT MEADE, Florida -- Former Bay News 9 morning show anchor Jennifer Holloway was arrested for DUI in Fort Meade Sunday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

A citizen called police to complain that a black Volvo was driving recklessly, according to the arrest affidavit. When a deputy responded to the scene, he saw the vehicle run off the shoulder of the road and travel approximately 20 feet before returning to the roadway.