A correctional officer is now on the other side of the bars after she was accused of sexually interacting with an inmate at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit.

Two deputies were sent to the hospital after an inmate attacked them with a homemade weapon at Polk County Jail.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police Department shared a series of Facebook posts by 29-year-old Aaron Donta Johnson, who was a wanted man for violating a pretrial release condition.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

Polk County Fire Rescue Battalion Chiefs Ramon Gonzalez and Charles True will be moving up the ranks to deputy chiefs, according to a Polk County news release from July 2.