Polk County Fire Rescue Battalion Chiefs Ramon Gonzalez and Charles True will be moving up the ranks to deputy chiefs, ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

Republicans Scott Franklin, Laurel Lee and Daniel Webster voted for the bill, while Democrat Darren Soto opposed it. The ...

A shooting involving law enforcement officers in Polk County unfolded Monday afternoon following a call about a domestic ...

It was game on when a wanted Florida man made a social media post challenging the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the man shot by a deputy is facing charges when he gets out of the hospital.

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 ...

Polk County Fire Rescue's union president, Lee Stringer, said the staffing shortages have created longer work hours for current firefighters. This is something the wives of some firefighters are ...

Explore the ar­chi­tecture of the Polk County His­torical Museum BY Caitlin Wilson Polk County UPDATED 7:42 AM ET May. 25, 2023 ...

A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him.