Polk County, North Carolina, residents were ordered to evacuate after a string of wildfires destroyed hundreds of acres in ...

The fee of $84 an hour paid to the Polk County Sheriff's Office covers the salary of a deputy, plus benefits, capital and ...

"They devastated the house. They gutted the house," Judd said. The suspects are also accused of stealing and selling his ...

A dad was trying to swim with his 12-year-old son to safety in rough lake waters when the boy slipped away and drowned, ...

Multiple agencies are searching for a child who disappeared while swimming in a Winter Haven lake, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Deputies explained that the child was swimming in Lake ...

A man died after troopers say a car veered off a Polk County road and hit his bicycle before crashing into an SUV.

It happened Thursday afternoon at Lake Roy in Winter Haven. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, 12-year-old Noah ...

More than 3,000 animals and 150 species will be calling SEA LIFE Florida home beginning late spring as changes continue to ...

PRISON OR 25 YEARS AT THE LEAST. OUT IN POLK COUNTY. A MISSING CHILD HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN POLK COUNTY. LAKE OUT THERE. INVESTIGATORS SAY A 12 YEAR OLD WAS OUT SWIMMING WITH FAMILY BEFORE HE GOT ...

And despite the economic upheaval and political uncertainty of 2024, on a cumulative basis the 50 companies on the list ...

More than 400 college baseball teams, consisting of 15,000 players from 30 different states, meet up in Polk County every spring for RussMatt Baseball.

A retired Florida sheriff’s deputy was fatally struck while removing debris from the road, according to investigators, and a sobriety test revealed the Jaguar driver was intoxicated.