TAMPA, Fla. — Polk County is set to receive $30 million dollars, over the next 18 years to fight what city leaders are calling an opioid crisis in the county. The National Institute of Health ...

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 ...

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 ...

NOW. A PLAN TO BETTER HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN POLK COUNTY HAS NOW BEEN LAID OUT. IT’S A FIVE YEAR VISION PUT TOGETHER BY HOMEWARD, WHICH IS POLK COUNTY’S HOMELESSNESS PLANNING ...

STILL FACING UNCERTAINTY. BACK HERE AT HOME NEW AT NOON, THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A SEVERANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER AT THIS MORNING’S MEETING. DOCTOR RORY DOLE ...

One person is dead and two others are in the hospital with serious injuries from a Tuesday morning crash in Polk County, Wisconsin. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, at 10:40 a.m ...

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 ...

Two Polk County police officers were injured Saturday night while pursuing wanted suspect A.J. Ware, who remains at large. Officer Tre McDonald is recovering at home, while Officer John Chandler ...

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 ...

With citrus growers fleeing Florida amid disease, hard freezes and increasingly damaging storms fueled by the changing climate, a Polk County farmer chose to swap out his orange trees for a grove ...