The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a missing child alert Monday for 6-year-old Empress Moore.She was last seen Sunday in the area of the 800 block of North New York Avenue in Lakeland.

The work and foresight to secure a fascinating refuge near metro Des Moines are worth celebrating, writes the Register's Opinion staff.

The Polk County Sheriff’s office says rumors circulating about a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in Des Moines are untrue. The Sheriff’s office says only one such arrest took place ...