The Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) and Bartow Police are investigating a shooting that injured a deputy and an officer.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Unincorporated areas of Polk County, along with other cities within the county, are now under a burn ban as dry conditions create an increased risk of brush fires.

The Tennessee Army National Guard provided two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter ...