Following major flooding during Hurricane Milton, Lakeland police officers are receiving specialized training in water rescue ...

The Lakeland Police Department Dive Team was recently certified in the areas of water rescue, highwater rescue, and swift water rescue.

Neighbors in Lakeland are working to rescue a dog that’s believed to be stuck in a storm drain. Viewers have been calling ...

Honda Civic. POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office are asking for the public's assistance in ...

A new study of America's Biggest Boomtowns by loan marketplace LendingTree found eight of the 10 fastest-growing metro areas ...

Five of the fastest-growing cities or 'boomtowns' in the country are in Florida and one of them is in Polk County.

A Lakeland detective has been arrested by the Polk County Sheriff's Office and accused of falsely reporting a crime involving ...

Three Lakeland residents face RICO charges for a massive bank fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake.

FHP reported that the Toyota drove west on Fletcher Avenue toward State Road 659. Troopers said the vehicle was turning south ...

Florida Polytechnic University, placed on the state’s watch list last year, was removed after maintaining an overall 74 score ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced eight arrests in a $8.8 million bank fraud and racketeering scheme, including three ...

According to new census population estimates, the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area had the second-highest rate of population growth in the U.S. from July 2019 to 2020 at 2.7%.