The Mediation Center, a nonprofit serving Polk, Henderson, Transylvania, and Buncombe counties, is seeking new volunteer ...

The county will also gain $700,000 for an electrical upgrade at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow. The budget includes $2 million for the headwaters of the Peace River floodplain protection and ...

The deputy was praised in February for making more than 200 DUI arrests last year. Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said all of his traffic stops will be audited.

Alexander Katchalov, a 28-year-old registered sex offender, is now charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious battery on a ...

A Polk County sheriff's deputy once publicly praised for his record-breaking number of DUI arrests resigned on June 25 after being arrested on charges of taking money from a driver at a traffic stop.

The county manager also updated the board of commissioners on 16 FEMA-related county projects, including the Madison County Courthouse.