The circuit, based in Bartow, handles cases from Polk ... by the retirement of County Judge Mary Catherine Green. Green will retire July 31 after 26 years on the bench. Applications are due ...

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 ...

County officials say the ban was enacted because their drought scale, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), exceeded the maximum levels. The ban applies to all of Polk County, including ...

The Tennessee Army National Guard provided two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion today to support a wildfire response in Polk County, at the ...

ELOISE, Fla. — A Polk County deputy is recovering after accidentally shooting herself in the leg during a dog attack, according to the sheriff's office. It happened just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday ...