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

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

Sheriff Grady Judd said the man was holding gun to his chest, then after being shot with a bean bag, pointed the gun at SWAT ...

An 18-year-old in Florida was arrested by Polk County Sheriff's Department for allegedly threatening to shoot up a McDonald's ...

The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, recently ordained 12 new Catholic priests. The large class offers hope for the U.S. Catholic Church, which has suffered from division, abuse and a shortage of ...

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.

Dayton Schaffer, 18, faces charges of a false report concerning the use of a firearm against a person(s) and a misuse of a ...

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

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

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

An 18-year-old apparently wasn't “lovin' it" when he received his McDonald's order, with Polk County deputies saying he ...