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 ...

Couple welcomes newborn at Polk ... county ranks No. 1 in US for migration. Here’s how many moved in When it comes to state-to-state migration, one Florida county ranked above all others in ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

A Florida newborn is the proud owner of a talking Sheriff Grady Judd doll after she decided to make her way into the world in the parking lot of a Polk County Sheriff’s Office substation.