Two puppies and several baggies of marijuana pictured and labeled with classic movie titles were seized during a traffic stop ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a missing child alert Monday for 6-year-old Empress Moore. She was last seen Sunday in the area of the 800 block of North New York Avenue in Lakeland.

A head-on crash near Winter Haven killed a man and left another with serious injuries, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

A rumor has been floating around that ICE agents swept up multiple people at the courthouse Thursday. The Polk County sheriff ...

The Polk County Health Department is warning of a surge in school illnesses. The department says 14 county schools are seeing ...

BS Ranch, a source of odor complaints for years, no longer has required permits to operate the soil manufacturing facility, ...

Four people with Polk County ties had been convicted or pled guilty. Two had served their time. Four were awaiting trial.

The median home in Polk County listed for $343,147 in December, slightly up from the previous month's $343,000, an analysis ...

"We are seeing a marked uptick in illness among students and staff in schools across Polk County," said Juliann Van Liew, ...

A former Polk County substitute teacher was arrested Wednesday after having an inappropriate relationship with a student.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested a former substitute teacher for committing sexual offenses against a student.