Polk County Fire Rescue will open its 45th station, Moore Road Fire Station 25, in Lakeland on May 23. The $5.97 million station will house an engine company and a tanker truck, serving the area ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — After Polk County School Board members decided to eliminate Polk Virtual School, some Polk County families say they’re left scrambling for options for next school year.

POLK COUNTY, Ga. - For his last trick, a Polk County inmate "done Houdini'd his way outta custody in two counties," according to the Polk County deputies searching for him. What we know ...

POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — New details have been released about the circumstances surrounding last month’s plane crash in East Tennessee ... witnesses at Chilhowee Glider Port (9A2) in ...

Polk County Commission delayed a vote on restricting roosters to lots larger than half an acre. The commission wants to reduce setback for chicken coops from 50 feet to 10 feet by June.

The plane crashed in the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tennessee, on April 11 ... The report said that witnesses at Chilhowee Glider Port, an airport located about five miles from ...

Polk County issued a burn ban due to dry conditions and high wildfire risk. The ban prohibits various activities, including campfires, bonfires, and burning yard waste. Violators of the burn ban ...

The Tennessee Army National Guard provided two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion today to support a wildfire response in Polk County, at the ...

CEDARTOWN, Ga. — Two Polk County police officers are in the hospital after a violent crash during a high-speed chase Saturday night that left one patrol car in flames and both officers seriously ...