A Polk County sex offender accused of assaulting a deputy on Thursday was arrested after he was caught hiding in Lake Bonnet, ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida Department of Corrections officer was arrested on Saturday after crashing his vehicle into a ...

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.

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

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 ...

A man and woman who Polk County deputies are calling "Mr. Clean" and "Ms. Dookie" are on the run after a messy burglary at a Mulberry Family Dollar store.

An attempted carjacking quickly went wrong for an armed felon when the victim refused to cooperate, according to ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says the recent behavior of a Hardee County corrections officer was reckless and unacceptable ...

If a person is given a verbal warning to not approach and they still try and go into that no-go zone, then they could face a ...

A Hardee County corrections officer was arrested in Polk County for DUI and property damage after hitting a sign.

SPCA Florida is a no-kill shelter and can turn away animals when it reaches staff and kennel capacity, unlike Polk County ...