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 ...

COLUMBUS - The former partner of Polk County Sheriff Timothy Wright alleges that he assaulted her husband outside her home May 13. District Court Judge Corey MacKinnon denied a request ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has been housing inmates at a Louisiana facility in order to remain in compliance. Sheriff Byron Lyons said in a press release on ...

The Mifflin House in eastern York County, Pennsylvania, has been added to the National Park Service's Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The house served as a key Underground ...

Polk County will transfer autopsy services to the Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office, aiming to save $1 million annually. The move comes amid recruitment challenges and rising costs for the county's ...

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 ...

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 ...

BARTOW, Fla. — Polk County and the city of Bartow are teaming up to address the growing demand for emergency services caused by rapid population growth. Officials have announced plans to ...

Polk County plans to install "No Thru Trucks" signs ... Then he met an expert in algorithms and Google Maps who pointed out that data shows the trucks were using Deen Still Road as an alternate ...

With three fires in Polk and Henderson counties burning on public and private land, the N.C. Forest Service and county emergency management departments have released a map indicating the size and ...