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 ...

Dallas County officials have labeled the jail a state of emergency, and they are looking as far as Miami-Dade County Florida for potential solutions.

Wearing purple ribbons on their lapels, dozens of people called out of work or adjusted their plans to attend a Tuesday morning meeting of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners.

Khalil Alexander Rembert, a jailer in Polk County, was arrested for DUI and failing to maintain a lane. Rembert was fired due to multiple policy violations related to his arrest.

Alan Alderman and Thornton Arnold were arrested in Polk County on Friday, May 30, 2025, after six dogs were found amid “deplorable” conditions inside a 107-degree home that lacked power and ...

A former Polk County Sheriff's Office employee was arrested and accused of DUI on Saturday, according to Sheriff Johnny Moats.

The county has failed to comply with Texas' mandated ratio of one detention officer for every 48 inmates, Sheriff Byron Lyons wrote in a news release Wednesday.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is temporarily housing inmates at a facility in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, due to staffing shortages at the Polk County Jail.