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 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, Fla. — Two Polk County residents won $1 million each playing the Florida Lottery. The Florida Lottery said 45-year-old Maribel Ortega from Auburndale claimed the $1 million prize ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

"This is the highest number of suspects we’ve ever arrested during a single undercover operation," Sheriff Grady Judd said. POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested over ...

SAVANNAH, Mo. – Donn L. Wright, 76, of Savannah, Missouri, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2025, surrounded by his family at home. He was born Feb. 3, 1949, in ...

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 ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies in Polk County said hundreds have been arrested after a large undercover operation. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said operation “Fool Around and Find Out ...

GRAND FORKS — A tornado touched down in rural Polk County late Thursday afternoon, May 15, according to a report on WDAY. The tornado was part of severe weather that rolled through the region ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Polk County sheriff says, like many other jails across southeast Texas, their facility is dealing with staffing shortages, causing them to move inmates to Louisiana.