A program that helps families repair and strengthen their homes after disaster strikes, has just launched in Polk County.

Polk County Fire Rescue Battalion Chiefs Ramon Gonzalez and Charles True will be moving up the ranks to deputy chiefs, ...

Republicans Scott Franklin, Laurel Lee and Daniel Webster voted for the bill, while Democrat Darren Soto opposed it. The ...

Officers told him Pastor Don’Tavius Sanders was pulled over for a broken license plate light, but he says the stop quickly ...

An 18-year-old in Florida was arrested by Polk County Sheriff's Department for allegedly threatening to shoot up a McDonald's ...

A man was shot Monday after threatening to kill himself and his wife and then turning the gun on a Polk County SWAT team, ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, June 30, 2025, from the scene of a deputy- involved ...

Deputies in Polk County shot a man, Wilfrido Ramon Morales, after he fired at officers and his wife during a domestic dispute ...

A new report on a fatal gator attack in Polk County says the reptile performed a death roll on a woman before dragging her ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the man shot by a deputy is facing charges when he gets out of the hospital.

Lakeland police arrested a wanted man on multiple felony charges after he taunted the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on social ...