The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the 62-year-old and his 33-year-old daughter-in-law were arguing about his ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says a tourist from England may be spending more time in Florida than he planned after he ...

A “violent felon” who was on the run for more than two years following an attempted murder charge was caught and arrested in ...

Traffic Stop Leads to Discovery of Cocaine, Methamphetamine, and Multiple Charges A traffic stop in Dundee on July 24 ...

It has likely been decades since Polk County revised high school attendance boundaries districtwide. Here's how the process ...

Polk County schools are rezoning to balance enrollment in schools due to a significant population shift that has occurred ...

Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland and Polk State College are both in the process of preparing required reports for ...

Fed up with clashing policy choices and personalities, longtime Polk County supervisor Tom Hockensmith says he won't run for ...

A man was sentenced to 25 years in prison as a habitual offender for engaging in organized criminal activity, which involved ...

Polk County Public Schools is working with local authorities to craft an appeal process that complies with a state law that went into effect July 1.

In Polk County, the Use Tax would be applied to online purchases. The goal is to use the money to help fund the sheriff’s ...

The Back-to-School Extravaganza at Bolivar High School is from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. It’s a drive-thru pick-up event open to ...