The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a missing child alert Monday morning for 6-year-old Empress Moore. Sign up ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...

A head-on crash near Winter Haven killed a man and left another with serious injuries, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

A former substitute teacher from Florida was arrested after he allegedly carried on an inappropriate relationship with a ...

This has been the coldest start to January in a decade for Polk County, the NWS says. Here's what to expect as a historic ...

The median home in Polk County listed for $343,147 in December, slightly up from the previous month's $343,000, an analysis ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was joined by several local and state officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, at a Wednesday ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Deputies said they arrested a Florida man Friday after he was caught creeping at a children's bus stop.

One of those defendants caught on camera was Polk County’s Jonathan Pollock, who federal authorities said fought with and ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A 23-year-old man reportedly ... The case was reported to the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) and on Jan. 15, a follow-up investigation by DCF and the ...

According to the sheriff's office, the man had been messaging the teen for about a year before the investigation began.