WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

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 ...

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.

Wanted man Aaron Johnson captured after challenging Polk County Sheriff's Office on Facebook, bragging he couldn't be caught despite multiple felony warrants.

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.

Kyle Thomas Otto Bishop, from Polk County, Missouri, faces multiple charges of child sex crimes, including child pornography, child molestation, and sexual exploitation of a minor child.

A man was arrested after deputies were tipped off about several horses and goats living in poor conditions on his Lake Wales property.