Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

Polk County Commissioners have passed a resolution establishing vessel exclusion zones for designated swim areas in certain areas of three lakes.

Jhonnys Robles Pereira, 37, is facing numerous charges, including battery on a law enforcement officer, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. An ICE hold has been placed on him ...

which operated in Polk and Highlands counties. Spohr has no disciplinary history over the past decade, according to The Florida Bar’s website. She is not listed among judges facing discipline ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

Polk County deputies killed an apparently drug-addled man who swam through an alligator-infested lake, charged the officers with garden shears and then tried to grab a long gun from a law ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday. Residents will cast ballots in a number of races including city council and commission seats to mayoral ...

Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot and killed a man who charged deputies with garden shears and tried to grab a gun from a patrol vehicle, all after he was attacked by an ...

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map. They snuck through a jumble ...

Polk County sheriff's deputies fatally shot a man ... then he charged deputies with a pair of shears and was shot dead, a Florida sheriff said. The man has been identified as 42-year-old Timothy ...

An ICE hold has been placed on him at the Polk County Jail. See also: Florida officials urge witnesses to step forward in year-old Memorial Day deadly shooting Meanwhile, Pabon fled the scene in ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida, on Monday, minutes after surviving an apparent alligator attack. Polk County Sheriff ...