Polk County is suspending a countywide burn ban that went into effect in November through April 16, following recent heavy ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is set to hold a news conference on Tuesday evening after a deputy-involved shooting broke out ...

Bartow changed its election dates, but charter amendments didn't go over well in other towns. Haines City will face a runoff ...

A Polk County highway experienced delays north of Lakeland on Wednesday morning after a reported deadly crash.

Polk County officials announced Thursday that they are temporarily suspending the countywide burn ban.

Polk County School Board member Lisa Miller has filed to seek what would be a final four-year term in District 7.

Polk County deputies arrested 48-year-old David Richard Morris on second-degree murder charges for the death of 56-year-old ...