THE ATTACK. MEANTIME, WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN POLK COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED A MAN DURING A SHOOTOUT. THIS HAPPENED IN BARTOW. TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE SHOT ...

(KPTV) - A 39-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for assaulting three Monmouth police officers as they were arresting him on felony warrants, according to the Polk County District ...

Rodriguez-Benavides and Carpintero-Luna were arrested the same day on a Polk County warrant, though it’s unclear from available records how they were found. All five men entered the U.S. illegal ...

(Polk County Sheriff's Office) POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested five men for organized theft crimes that they say also had ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren De ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) and Bartow Police are investigating a shooting that injured a deputy and an officer. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Atkins Building ...

A shootout with a gunman ended with his death and two law enforcement officers being injured, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. During a news conference on Friday evening ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrest of five individuals, all identified as Venezuelan illegal immigrants, suspected of operating an organized retail theft ring ...

Cary Polk, 60, of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away at Norton Hospital downtown on April 17, 2025, with his loving family by his side, due to complications of diabetes. Cary was born in St. Louis ...

POLK COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - Authorities are naming the person involved in a fatal crash in Polk County. According to an updated press release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the Driver of ...

As Polk County continues experiencing dry weather conditions due to a prolonged lack of rainfall, Polk County officials issued a burn ban effective April 15. The ban includes unincorporated Polk ...

Polk County has issued a burn ban in unincorporated areas as dry weather makes for a greater risk of brush fires. The City of Winter Haven has also opted in to the burn ban. The ban will be lifted ...

The following is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Polk County Health Department. Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures ...