Two men in Polk County were arrested after allegedly attacking deputies, biting a police K-9, and endangering a child by ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

Florida supervisors of elections are offering offering $1,200 scholarships to college students, according to Polk Supervisor ...

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

Florida football has hired former Atlanta Falcons executive Nick Polk and analytics guru Benjamin Elsner to front office ...

Karina Sloan, a longtime Lakeland resident, said many Venezuelans in Polk County are "panicking" over President Trump's decision to revoke TPS.

A Florida sheriff says federal immigration authorities need to remove the "shackles" from local law enforcement agencies so they can assist in deporting criminal illegal migrants.

In its ongoing effort to restructure its front office as revenue sharing looms, the University of Florida announced Monday it ...

Now, a Polk County jury has found the 17-year-old not guilty. According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Lincoln County ...

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