Deputies said a father was driving his two sons, ages 14 and 16, to school when their car was hit by a pickup truck.

Auburndale was able to steady the ship after falling to a top-five high school football team in Florida three weeks ago with ...

Earlier this week, Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham also found the officers were "legally justified" in the shooting ...

The A.G.'s office found that Capt. Chad Steffen, Jacob Boekhoff, a senior police officer, and officer Frankie Contreras were justified when they shot Joshua Green on Sept. 16.

McCullogh is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury. His bond is set at $30,000.

A Polk County man was charged with attempted murder and animal cruelty after deputies said he set a home on fire, with a ...

Jimmy Griffin, a former Houston firefighter and resident of Liberty, Texas, was convicted on Thursday, Oct. 24, for the prolonged sexual abuse of his two stepdaughters. The abuse spanned an ...

With standing water left from Hurricane Milton leading to more mosquitoes, Polk County Mosquito Control plans to increase aerial spraying starting tonight.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a family disturbance on Sunset Circle Lake in Lake Alfred on Thursday.

The Florida Lottery announced that Richard Hawkins, of Lakeland, claimed a $2 million top prize from the TRIPLE 777 Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.

A man was charged with attempted murder and animal cruelty after deputies said he set a home on fire, with a 4-month-old ...

An argument allegedly over drug addiction ended with a Polk County mother and baby running for their lives to escape a house ...