A dad was trying to swim with his 12-year-old son to safety in rough lake waters when the boy slipped away and drowned, ...

A man died after troopers say a car veered off a Polk County road and hit his bicycle before crashing into an SUV.

It happened Thursday afternoon at Lake Roy in Winter Haven. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, 12-year-old Noah ...

The fee of $84 an hour paid to the Polk County Sheriff's Office covers the salary of a deputy, plus benefits, capital and ...

Strong thunderstorms bring the potential for tornadoes are expected across portions of Florida this weekend and into Monday.

An audience filled the Polk County Commission chambers for the annual meeting with legislators, just days before the session ...

A retired Florida sheriff’s deputy was fatally struck while removing debris from the road, according to investigators, and a ...

Polk County, North Carolina, residents were ordered to evacuate after a string of wildfires destroyed hundreds of acres in ...

Eleven people in Polk County are accused of squatting in a vacant home that belongs to an active-duty Air Force member. The man called the sheriff's office from North Dakota after noticing an alarming ...

Frere, convicted of the brutal stabbing deaths of his ex-girlfriend and another man at a Winter Haven motel in 2020, will ...

More than 400 college baseball teams, consisting of 15,000 players from 30 different states, meet up in Polk County every spring for RussMatt Baseball.

In honor of the NCAA March Madness, we're stirring up some friendly, local competition by looking for the favorite pizza in Polk County. Last weekend, The Ledger's readers were asked to cast their ...