In 2024 a record, 80% of animals in county shelters were released alive, making Polk County much closer to reaching its goal of becoming a no-kill county this year.

The Polk County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to prohibit future road closures of more than five days without its ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says four deputies responded to a heated argument between a couple of Polk County supervisors on Friday around 2 p.m.

A driver plowed a pickup truck into the crowd early Wednesday morning on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 14 and injuring at least 30 others.

Police have confirmed the identity of the body found floating in Lake Clinch to be 26-year-old Daniel Angeles-Dimas, who had been missing since Jan. 2.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was sworn in for his sixth consecutive term on Tuesday morning in Lakeland. Residents have reelected Judd for more than a decade as he's held the title ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Melbourne man is facing serious charges after a road rage incident escalated into an alleged aggravated ...

Sheriff Grady Judd will be sworn in for the 6th time on Tuesday. The 6th Oath of Office ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. at the City Central Church in Lakeland. According to the Polk County ...

The American Red Cross will hold a community blood drive Thursday, Jan. 16, at First Baptist Church of Rockmart, 311 E. Elm ...

Police will continue making arrests under a city ordinance prohibiting camping or sleeping on public property.

The FWC has revealed the necropsy results of the bizarre death of a bobcat found last spring in Safety Harbor. The bobcat was lovingly named by neighbors in the Country Villas community, “Bobbi, the ...

The victims ranged from new high school graduates to a father, a former Princeton football player to a video professional who ...