Fugitive Apprehended by Polk County Sheriff's Deputy on South Combee Road LAKELAND, Fla. - Forty-six-year-old Michael ...

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.

Edward Henry, 54, was arrested last month, and hours later, he would collapse at Douglas County Jail and die in his cell. His ...

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.

Though DeSantis and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd are close allies, DeSantis vetoed $689,000 that the Legislature had approved to replace a chiller at the Central County Jail in Bartow, operated ...

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 ...

Courtesy: Polk County Jail. Investigators say the officer followed the suspect "at a safe distance," then pulled up behind Cole as they approached Spirit Lake Rd, at Hwy. 540. Cole took off again, ...

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