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

Two law enforcement officers were shot in Polk County on Friday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

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

A 39-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for assaulting three Monmouth police officers as they were arresting ...

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

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested five men for organized theft crimes that they say also had ties to the Venezuelan ...

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 ...

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

The continuing resolution passed in March did not include $12 million sought by Rep. Scott Franklin, D-Lakeland, for Polk ...

Unincorporated areas of Polk County, along with other cities within the county, are now under a burn ban as dry conditions create an increased risk of brush fires.

TheTennessee National Guard has been called in to help with a wildfire in Polk County.At the request of the Tennessee ...

UPDATE: The Polk County Sheriff's Office has identified the person killed in a car crash Tuesday. 18-year-old Marley John ...