Note: The following column was written by Tifani Kinard at Floyd Polk Medical Center. – KM Tifani Kinard Many people have been practicing social distancing and staying at home for more than two months now. To put it in perspective, that time period is longer than the stretch from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. That means…
Polk County is on the third day of early voting for the 2026 Special Election underway to fill the unexpired term of the 14th District Congressional seat, but so far the ballot totals are trending on the low side. Despite having more than a dozen Republican candidates, three Democrats, a Libertarian and an Independent in…










