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.

A man was charged with attempted murder and animal cruelty after deputies said he set a home on fire, with a 4-month-old ...

An argument allegedly over drug addiction ended with a Polk County mother and baby running for their lives to escape a house ...

A 35-year-old man is behind bars after deputies say he set a house on fire while a 4-month-old baby and cat were inside Thursday afternoon in Lake Alfred.