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

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

A teenager accused of stabbing his mother to death in Polk County - one year after killing his father in Oklahoma - was ...

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

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

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

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 tentative Polk County budget for 2024-25 is expected to pass Monday after a final public hearing. Here's why many will be ...

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

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the shooter and the victim had argued on the street before. "For whatever reason, it came ...

The State Attorney's Office later dropped all charges against Berry ... underway on the west side of Polk County, Judd said, which the sheriff says have resulted in a drop of more than 60% ...

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