Polk County Sheriff’s Office said after inmate Dewayne Young’s tray was collected, he got more agitated and began to flood ...

CEDARTOWN, Ga. — Two Polk County Jail officers were hospitalized Saturday after being stabbed multiple times by an inmate wielding a homemade weapon, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Teen's Anger Over McNuggets Leads to Arrest POLK COUNTY, Fla. - An 18-year-old Polk County man is facing serious charges ...

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

LAKELAND, Fla. - A 20-year-old Lakeland woman, sought on charges of armed burglary and felony criminal mischief, was ...

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

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.

Nearly 300 people have been held at the Polk County Jail for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Of those, more than 200 ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police Department shared a series of Facebook posts by 29-year-old Aaron Donta Johnson, who was a wanted man for violating a pretrial release condition.

Wanted man Aaron Johnson captured after challenging Polk County Sheriff's Office on Facebook, bragging he couldn't be caught despite multiple felony warrants.

The guest at the resort initially said he was a Miami police officer, but deputies later learned he worked in Chicago, a Florida sheriff said.