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 ...

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 ...

Polk County's burn ban has been lifted due to recent heavy rains lowering the fire risk. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is down to 201 as of May 14. Residents are still urged to exercise ...

Polk County Deputy Administrator Sarah Boese filed a lawsuit alleging retaliation, harassment, and a hostile work environment. The lawsuit claims Boese was unfairly passed over for the county ...

COLUMBUS - The former partner of Polk County Sheriff Timothy Wright alleges ... investigation but said that he had requested the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation look into the matter.

Read full article: Polk ... North Carolina mountains, but are warning that fire danger remains from dry and windy conditions. Read full article: Boy’s body found at bottom of lake after Polk ...

"I was working at a medical facility, and in my scrubs about one mile away from where I was, I got pulled over,” said Briana Silveira, a former Polk County resident who says she had no idea she ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County investigators believe arson may have played a role in an early morning house fire that spread to a nearby vehicle. Polk County Fire Rescue said it was ...