Essie Ward was found unresponsive in her cell at 9:30 a.m. on April 3. But an autopsy found that she had been dead for 18-24 ...

A 64-year-old man was arrested after pulling a gun and pointing it toward another vehicle that had a 3-year-old child inside, ...

A Winter Haven man wanted on several charges, included second-degree attempted murder, was arrested early Saturday morning ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Four people were injured Monday night in a crash involving an ambulance and a pickup truck, according to ...

The Florida DEP announced plans to add 74 acres to Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park in eastern Polk ...

A Polk County paramedic and a patient were critically injured in a collision between an ambulance and a pickup truck towing a ...

Jason Penrod, a former Polk County lawyer accused of diverting nearly $1.8 million from a client, pled guilty to grand theft ...

The day before Thanksgiving, the Polk County Sheriff's Office received an urgent 911 call about an unresponsive child at an ...

A hit-and-run crash on Dec. 5, 2021, left 36-year-old Antonio Smiley dead. Now, 4 years later, Polk County deputies are ...

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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd admonished eight visiting juveniles allegedly caught stealing while their hometown media earned its own shame for shielding their identities. (Video Credit: Polk […] ...