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 ...

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

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

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

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 Polk County School System is holding a press conference Thursday morning with Sheriff Grady Judd on school safety and ...

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

Judge Ladd Wiles said Polk County erred when it passed an ordinance that stripped away many of the job duties of the elected treasurer.

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, ...

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, ...