POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Polk County Sheriff's Office K9 is recovering after being stabbed multiple times while apprehending a ...

After considering cancelling the 13th annual race, Gran Fondo Hincapie decided to go on and accept donations for the Polk ...

Polk County Commission District 1 candidates all said growth was the county's No. 1 concern. Here's what they said about it ...

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Milton struck, the one-street neighborhood still displayed the lasting impact of the storm, ...

Auburndale was able to steady the ship after falling to a top-five high school football team in Florida three weeks ago with ...

Earlier this week, Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham also found the officers were "legally justified" in the shooting ...

The A.G.'s office found that Capt. Chad Steffen, Jacob Boekhoff, a senior police officer, and officer Frankie Contreras were justified when they shot Joshua Green on Sept. 16.

McCullogh is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury. His bond is set at $30,000.

A Polk County man was charged with attempted murder and animal cruelty after deputies said he set a home on fire, with a ...

Jimmy Griffin, a former Houston firefighter and resident of Liberty, Texas, was convicted on Thursday, Oct. 24, for the prolonged sexual abuse of his two stepdaughters. The abuse spanned an ...

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a family disturbance on Sunset Circle Lake in Lake Alfred on Thursday.

The Florida Lottery announced that Richard Hawkins, of Lakeland, claimed a $2 million top prize from the TRIPLE 777 Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.