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

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

Renters in Polk County saw apartment listing prices decrease from February's average of $1,235, an analysis of new data from ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff's Deputy Ed Alexander and Bartow Police Officer Mark Sills, who were shot in the line ...

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

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

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

Two Polk County police officers were injured Saturday night while pursuing wanted suspect A.J. Ware, who remains at large.

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 ...

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

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, at 10:40 a.m., the emergency call center took a call for a two-vehicle crash ...

Perez, 31, punched Polk County Jail deputies and grabbed a female deputy inappropriately, making vulgar comments.