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

Man with 27 Arrests Back in Custody POLK COUNTY, Fla. - David Sheridan Pickard, a 50-year-old Bradley resident with a lengthy ...

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

A person was injured after being shot by deputies in Polk County on Monday, the sheriff's office said. It happened in ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

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

Records from Polk County Public Schools showed a rise of 69.2% in battery toward staff during the 2024-2025 school year.

On July 1, 2025, detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division, assisted by deputies from the Patrol ...

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

Ilia Grigory Basargin, 33, pleaded guilty in May to second-degree criminal sexual contact. He gave a Norgaard plea to the ...

Polk County honors Samuel Quinton, a Revolutionary War vet who spent his final years in the area, with a new memorial.