The start of the school year is just around the corner and a group of local bikers are gearing up for their big back-to-school drive.

A reader writes that Polk County's reps should answer for with their votes on the budget bill. Also letters about Alligator Alcatraz, schoolkid and voter registration.

Republican candidate Brian Cespiva has announced that he has won unopposed in the 9th Judicial District Court Judge’s Race.