One man is dead after being shot by a Polk County deputy late Friday night. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the suspect, ...

The latest shooting happened late in the evening of April 25 outside the McDonald's at U.S. 92 and Combee Road in Lakeland.

A Polk County deputy fatally shot a man who was allegedly advancing on him with a knife, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

One man is dead after Polk County deputies say he charged at one of them with a knife, forcing them to fire several shots ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday. Residents will cast ballots in a number of races including city council and commission seats to mayoral ...

For the second time in 2025, the Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved a severance agreement with a county medical ...

BEFORE: The Henry County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 14-year-old girl. Sage Nicole Norris was last seen on Friday around 11:00 p.m. in Bassett ...

With citrus growers fleeing Florida amid disease, hard freezes and increasingly damaging storms fueled by the changing climate, a Polk County farmer chose to swap out his orange trees for a grove ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Friday afternoon to confirm one of his deputies shot and killed a man a short time earlier. Before giving details ...

Hot off the heels of his congressional testimony yesterday, Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner joins The John Curley Show to discuss his commitment to his heavily Hispanic community, being sued by ...

POINCIANA, Fla. (WFLA) — An assistant principal at a Polk County middle school was arrested after she was accused of inappropriate behavior with a student. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

The City of Bartow and Polk County leaders have come up with a plan to build and share a new fire station. “When you have growth, you have traffic, and that creates delays. We want to be at the ...