A Polk County deputy and a Bartow police officer have been injured during a shooting in Bartow, according to the sheriff’s ...

Two law enforcement officers were shot in Polk County on Friday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A 39-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for assaulting three Monmouth police officers as they were arresting ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrest of five individuals, all identified as Venezuelan ...

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished eight months ahead of schedule, Florida ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested five men for organized theft crimes that they say also had ties to the Venezuelan ...

Officials enacted the ban on Tuesday (April 15) after the county's drought scale, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), ...

The continuing resolution passed in March did not include $12 million sought by Rep. Scott Franklin, D-Lakeland, for Polk ...

A virtual public information meeting will be held April 21 at 6 p.m. An in-person open house will take place April 22 in ...

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

Two Polk County police officers were injured Saturday night while pursuing wanted suspect A.J. Ware, who remains at large.

The assistant principal of a middle school in Polk County was arrested by deputies after they said she behaved ...