A weather alert was issued by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 4 p.m ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd continued an annual tradition on Wednesday, hosting more than 100 children for the "Fishin' with Sheriff Judd" event. A Dundee man who deputies said lied about ...

The circuit, based in Bartow, handles cases from Polk, Hardee and Highlands counties ... s resignation and another by the retirement of County Judge Mary Catherine Green. Green will retire ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — In a move to improve safety on local lakes, the Polk County Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance repealing and restating the Polk County Waterway Protection Code.

Polk County residents advocated for a 10-foot multi-use path along Thompson Nursery Road for cyclist safety. The County Commission approved a design with 6-foot sidewalks and 4-foot bike lanes ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A 31-year-old Winter Haven man, John Caleb Zelinko, was arrested Wednesday night after leading a Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy on a brief but reckless moped chase that ended ...

I was with the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners this weekend at our first directors’ board meeting in Polk County, where approximately 50 commissioners gathered. They were all in ...

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 ...

Jasper County — A suspect in a weekend shooting in Polk County surrendered at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday to Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard. Darius Hawthorne, 32, of Woodville, gave up at the Jasper County ...