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.

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 ...

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 ...

FOX 13's Evan Axelbank reports on possible reasons FBI agents believe New Orleans terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar spent time in Tampa just 65 days before he ran over dozens of people celebrating New ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dylan Kennedy, 28, of Winter Haven, on charges of driving under the influence (DUI) ...

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

Fluoridation of the city's drinking water gets its first discussion in a Lakeland City Commission meeting, as a nurse urges ...