The suspect, an 18-year-old man, had been Baker Acted six times this year before fatally stabbing an 81-year-old man, Polk ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is back with another human trafficking sting featuring a rather ugly aspiring woman.

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville is warning that, based on current forecasts, records could be set or tied as temperatures climb.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office conducted a joint-agency investigation focusing on those who prey upon and travel to meet children for unlawful sexual activity from May 2nd through 10th, 2025, during ...

The City of Lakeland is taking significant steps to improve student safety by advancing an ordinance to install speed cameras ...

FRANK MORASCO OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NAMED AS INTERIM INSTEAD. THE LAWSUIT, FILED MAY 10TH, NAMES POLK COUNTY AND THREE OF ITS FIVE SUPERVISORS. THEY ARE CHAIRMAN MATT MCCOY AND JILL ...

Families gathered on a sunny, windy morning to see the opening of a new natural playscape for children at the Chichaqua ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Polk County sheriff says, like many other jails across southeast Texas, their facility is dealing with staffing shortages, causing them to move inmates to Louisiana.

Ongoing staffing shortages at the Polk County Jail are prompting the sheriff’s office to begin housing inmates in a Louisiana jail facility. The county northeast of Houston has failed to comply ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports Sheriff Tim Wright was involved in a fight while trying to retrieve his mail on Tuesday. Officials said a man ...