He cussed the security guard, used a racial slur – that’s right – and then pushed the security guard,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a video statement. Dwayne Ocasio ...

The Legislature earmarked about $2.3 million to fund 200 new slots in the Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly in Polk County, effective April 1, 2026.

The state budget came in later and leaner than last year. Yet there is plenty of funding for Polk County in the $115.1 billion spending plan adopted by the Florida Legislature late on June 16.

Bordered by housing According to the county’s development activity map, the area around the former range is rapidly developing. To the north is the under-construction, 233-unit Hidden Hills project.

Nineteen Polk County public schools will have new principals for the 2025-2026 school year. Five principal reassignments are a result of retirements. Three high schools, one K-8 school, one ...

That’s mostly true in Harris County, which reduced its property tax rate each year between 2020 and 2022 before marginally raising it in 2023, according to the Harris County Tax Assessor ...

Summit County detectives are investigating a Northfield Center Township shooting on Meadow Brooke Way that left two adults dead. A juvenile girl was found unharmed.

Polk County said the Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve is back open to the public as of June 4. The trail had been closed to visitors after being damaged during Hurricane Milton in ...

Updated: Jun 5, 2025 / 02:39 PM EDT WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – An appeals court has denied Trumbull County Commissioners’ motion for an injunction, aiming to halt the removal of the Leavittsburg dam.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office posted a video of Thunder running across a field to Facebook. Deputies recently rescued the two-year-old Paso Fino stallion who, they say, was kept in a small ...

Night - Mostly clear with a 45% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 76 °F (24.4 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 94 °F (34.4 °C) and a 34% ...

LAKE WALES Fla. (WWSB) - Four people are facing charges after malnourished horses and goats were found on a property in Lake Wales, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. The investigation began ...