The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Lakeland Police Department helped to arrest 28 members of the Mongols motorcycle ...

A Florida teen is behind bars after threatening to shoot up a McDonald’s for messing up his order, according to the Polk ...

Republicans Scott Franklin, Laurel Lee and Daniel Webster voted for the bill, while Democrat Darren Soto opposed it. The ...

A program that helps families repair and strengthen their homes after disaster strikes, has just launched in Polk County.

Man with 27 Arrests Back in Custody POLK COUNTY, Fla. - David Sheridan Pickard, a 50-year-old Bradley resident with a lengthy ...

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, June 30, 2025, from the scene of a deputy- involved ...

Multi-Agency Operations Seize 64 Pounds, 160,000 Pills of Deadly Drug, Crippling Cartel Operations POLK COUNTY, Fla. - In a ...

In a press conference Monday evening, Sheriff Grady Judd said the incident happened before noon when a deputy responded to a ...

A Florida man is in jail after he called McDonald's on his phone three times and threatened to "shoot this s— up" — all ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the county's largest fentanyl bust, seizing 64 pounds and arresting eight ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.