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

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 ...

A judge has ruled that the statements of a then-11-year-old girl, the lone survivor of her family’s north Lakeland mass ...

A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City ...

Several counties are emphasizing how seriously threats are being taken and highlighting their added security measures.

Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to ...

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

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

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

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, ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office ... dying during a standoff with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, according to Sheriff Grady Judd. Pasco and Polk counties have some of the most dangerous highways in ...