Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Superintendent Frederick Heid of Polk County Public Schools in Florida held a joint news ...

Collin Griffith, 17, is charged as an adult for the murder of his mother in Polk County, a year after killing his father.

In the 28 days since school began in August, law enforcement had arrested 24 students for making threats, Polk Superintendent ...

Seems a trip to the Sunshine State turned a bit sour for a father-son duo from Tennessee last week. Franklin Smith II, the 42 ...

The newborn is now a proud owner of a talking Sheriff Grady Judd doll while her parents got some baby essentials.

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — A Polk County teen has been indicted for first-degree murder and kidnapping as an adult a week after he allegedly stabbed his mother to death in Auburndale, according to new court ...

The Violent Gang Investigative Task Force was formed in February 2023 in response to a wave of gang-related shootings.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives from the Gang, Homicide, and Robbery units have arrested 19 Polk County gang members responsible for a series of drive-by shootings, other felony offenses, ...

Read full article: Crews find body of missing 18-year-old kayaker in Polk County lake ... facility in Marion County, where ...

Jason Penrod is charged with grand theft of more than $100,000, a first-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to ...

Polk County deputies are used to being the first ones on the scene to help, but on Saturday, the scene came to them.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives from the Gang, Homicide and Robbery units have arrested 19 Polk County gang members responsible for a series of drive-by shootings, other felony offenses, ...