Two deputies were sent to the hospital after an inmate attacked them with a homemade weapon at Polk County Jail.

The cancellation of services for Oklahoma County jail inmates by Turn Key Health seems to be playing a role in the jail's accounting issues.

DART will provide free rides to cooling centers while the Polk County Extreme Temperature Plan is in effect.

Polk County Fire Rescue Battalion Chiefs Ramon Gonzalez and Charles True will be moving up the ranks to deputy chiefs, according to a Polk County news release from July 2.

On July 1, 2025, detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division, assisted by deputies from the Patrol Division, served a felony arrest warrant in the Southland Plantation area ...

The Rev. Derrick Scobey, a member of the OK County jail trust, unloaded on administration for a false press release saying the jail was nearly broke.

More weapons were recently found at the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro, reports show.

The Polk County legislative delegation will hold its annual meeting Aug. 12 starting at 1 at the Polk County Commission Building in Bartow.