POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County residents waking up to a brisk Thursday morning weren't the only ones feeling the ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A motorist’s attempt to evade responsibility following a traffic collision came to an abrupt end Sunday ...

Sheriff Grady Judd said the man had beaten another man with a brick and charged deputies with the same brick after they ...

The woman, who was charged with lying when she accused her great uncle of rape, only to record him in the act later, has ...

LAKELAND, Fla. – A deputy-involved shooting broke out in Lakeland on Wednesday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has reported 454 immigration encounters since Aug. 1, more than any agency in Florida ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Jennifer Garula-Mers stole more than $81,000 from the association. Some of the funds were ...

Investigators say evidence in many of his cases, often involving child or sexual abuse, either didn't exist or disappeared.

The former East Polk County Association of Realtors CEO was arrested on grand theft, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

"Polk County's Operation Pop Top sting targets illegal alcohol sales to minors, leading to the arrest of one clerk." ...

Polk deputies said she was caught speeding and weaving a motorcycle through traffic on Interstate 4 on Saturday night.