POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrest of five individuals, all identified as Venezuelan ...

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished eight months ahead of schedule, Florida ...

Two law enforcement officers and a suspect were wounded during a shootout Friday in central Florida, officials said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd posted on social media that one of his deputies and ...

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

Renters in Polk County saw apartment listing prices decrease from February's average of $1,235, an analysis of new data from ...

Officials say five undocumented immigrants, believed to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, have been arrested ...

Officials enacted the ban on Tuesday (April 15) after the county's drought scale, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), ...

A virtual public information meeting will be held April 21 at 6 p.m. An in-person open house will take place April 22 in ...

A Florida middle school principal said he “did something dumb” after he was arrested at Walmart for trying a shoplifting ...

Bartow High School's head football coach was arrested for inappropriate behavior towards female students, deputies said on Thursday.

A man faces a list of charges after Polk County deputies say he violently threatened his partner, then set his camper on fire ...