Rep. Melony Bell is leaving the Florida Legislature to challenge Lori Edwards, who has served as Polk Supervisor of Elections ...

Early voting for the Nov. 5 General Election begins in Polk County on Monday and continues through Nov. 3, according to a ...

Chances for development of a tropical depression have dropped, but Florida can expect windy days and rough surf.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says it found 44 dogs and 32 cats during the hurricane last week. It's hoping to reunite ...

Out of the 157 people who were arrested, the sheriff explained, 25 were in the US illegally from countries like Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela.

Florida's Polk County sheriff didn't mince words when it came to his warning criminals not to try and loot his county after Hurricane Milton's destruction.

The 2020 ballot in Polk County required two pages, the second containing only a few county charter amendments. Some voters ...

The Freedom Tour, a Polk County-based disaster relief ministry, sent resources to North Carolina and Georgia after Hurricane ...

More than 150 people, including a Disney employee and 25 illegal immigrants have been arrested in an undercover human ...

In addition to postponed football games having to be rescheduled, the county meets and volleyball district tournaments have ...

One man was charged with human trafficking while three other men, including a Disney employee, were arrested for attempting ...

Three suspects were charged with traveling to sexually batter juveniles, and four possible human-trafficking victims were ...