Polk County Sheriff’s deputies now ask everyone they encounter for place of birth, not only those arrested, as had been the ...

Jason Penrod, a former Polk County lawyer accused of diverting nearly $1.8 million from a client, pled guilty to grand theft ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said an optician's arrest was "crystal clear" after a photo showed him point a gun at a ...

A man is facing several charges after he shot a person during an altercation at a Polk City home early Tuesday morning, ...

Father of paramedic injured in ambulance crash asks for arrest POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County first responders came ...

Doctor sentenced to 8 months home confinement in Matthew Perry death case Diego Pavia's controversial comments draw strong ...

Essie Ward was found unresponsive in her cell at 9:30 a.m. on April 3. But an autopsy found that she had been dead for 18-24 ...

Following an internal Polk Sheriff's investigation, four detention deputies resigned in lieu of firing and three supervisors ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is taking a new approach to assist in enforcing federal immigration laws, allowing deputies to ask people where they were born during law-enforcement encounters.

A 64-year-old man was arrested after pulling a gun and pointing it toward another vehicle that had a 3-year-old child inside, ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrest of 59-year-old James Pirkle, Sr., labeling the ...

Four Polk County detention deputies resigned and three supervisors were suspended after it was discovered an inmate believed to be sleeping was actually dead.