POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff's Deputy Ed Alexander and Bartow Police Officer Mark Sills, who were shot in the line ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) and Bartow Police are investigating a shooting that injured a deputy and an officer.

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 ...

Renters in Polk County saw apartment listing prices decrease from February's average of $1,235, an analysis of new data from ...

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

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 ...

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

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, at 10:40 a.m., the emergency call center took a call for a two-vehicle crash ...

TheTennessee National Guard has been called in to help with a wildfire in Polk County.At the request of the Tennessee ...

An officer-involved shooting on Friday in Bartow saw two law enforcement officers injured and the suspect dead.