A retired Polk County Sheriff's Office sergeant was killed by a suspected drunken driver in Bartow on St. Patrick's Day, the Sheriff's Office said. About 7:40 p.m., Polk deputies responded to a ...

With the departure of Polk County Administrator John Norris official, county supervisors will soon turn their attention to hiring a successor. But some want to do some spring cleaning first.

The Polk Regional Water Cooperative held a groundbreaking ceremony for an injection well, a crucial part of a new water production facility in Southeast Polk County. The facility, expected to be ...

DAVENPORT, Fla. — A Polk County family is mourning the death of a 4-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself. Davenport police said Chosen Morris climbed into the family car Friday night.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A former substitute teacher at Kathleen Middle School is in legal trouble for what he allegedly did not do inside a classroom late last week. “We send our children ...

A wildfire in Polk County, North Carolina, has grown to 593 acres but is now 63% contained. Firefighters have been battling the blaze with back burn operations and are hopeful rain is on the way.

By Brande Victorian A Complete Unknown, The Wild Robot and Music By John Williams were the motion picture winners at the 61st Annual Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards. The celebration of ...

The center of the issue is along Polk Street going through the George R. Brown Convention Center. Residents are worried about the access the street provides and what would happen if it was not there.

This is proving to be a busy year for attorneys in the civil division of the Polk County Attorney's Office. Facing new discrimination allegations arising from the attempted ouster in January of ...

Jason L. Pickles, an inmate at Blackwater River Corrections Facility, is suing Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for alleged neglectful medical treatment at the South County Jail. Pickles claims he ...

The same goes for Android products. Hearing that the iPhone 16e has a Bluetooth issue where the audio cuts out briefly while music is playing should not be that surprising. However, the iPhone 16e ...