Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

Though DeSantis and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd are close allies, DeSantis vetoed $689,000 that the Legislature had approved to replace a chiller at the Central County Jail in Bartow, operated ...

In a better world it would be rather touching, the way that for many years now — for decades — the members of the Los Angeles ...

A shooting involving law enforcement officers in Polk County unfolded Monday afternoon following a call about a domestic ...

Suspect information was sent to SJCO officials for further information. All four people were taken to the Polk County Jail. As part of the ongoing investigation, detectives noticed that this ...

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

Signs of squalor are everywhere: inmates sleeping on floors, rotting food, piles of trash, inoperable toilets, broken pipes, ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the man shot by a deputy is facing charges when he gets out of the hospital.

When Flathead County Justice of Peace Eric Hummel decides whether an individual charged with a crime will be held in the ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Overall turnout was 11.6%, the Polk Elections Office reported. Gary White can be reached at [email protected] or 863-802-7518. Follow on X @garywhite13.