Polk County Commissioners Mike Scott and Bill Braswell said that development-related road closures should require ...

Polk County deputies arrested a man after the 30-year-old allegedly threatened another man with a gun and tried to carjack ...

Newly elected representatives Jill Altringer and Mark Holm were sworn in to the Polk County Board of Supervisors on Thursday ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said that four minors have been charged in connection to several burglaries that happened ...

A Grand Jury has been called and people have been subpoenaed to appear in Bartow, the seat of Polk County, as an ...

The Brenton Slough is a unique wetland that's also home to forests, prairies, sandhill cranes, blue-spotted salamanders and ...

A Florida man accused of going on a ‘one-man crimewave’ in Polk County last month celebrated his 24th birthday behind bars.

U-Haul tracks one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a state or city compared with trucks leaving. Here are the 2024 numbers.

The proposed closure of Lake Marion Road has been cut from 220 days to 113. But at least one commissioner remains incensed.

Polk County Public Health offers free nasal Narcan kits to address the opioid crisis, with pickups available at various ...

An estimated 10,000 arrived to see Carter at the Lakeland Civic Center on Oct. 31, 1980, just four days before the ...

Deputies arrived at the scene shortly after and determined the minors had forced entry into the home, causing an estimated $12,000 in damage.