The Polk County treasurer who is embroiled in a lawsuit against the government has filed to run for one of the county’s top elected positions.

Lausell, a junior, is a stop player for Santa Fe beach volleyball. Pursuing beach for college, she was a first-team ...

Four Polk County commissioners used the sheriff's plane for a trip to Tallahassee, sparking questions about taxpayer costs ...

According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, deputies were dispatched to a home on Avenue C in Waverly for a reported battery in progress. Investigators say Pittman showed up at the residence ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said it is heartbroken to announce the death of one of its own, Sergeant Lonnie Weatherford. Weatherford had heart surgery but passed away ...

Nikki McCarty of Mulberry, a cousin of Vice President JD Vance, gained attention for a poem she recited at a No Kings rally in Lakeland’s Munn Park.

Edwin Perez of Haines City changed his registration from no-party to Democrat about two months before qualifying began for ...

Polk County's juvenile detention center is holding kids longer, partly because of changes to state and federal law that now generally prohibit placing youth in adult jails — even when they're ...

The sheriff of Boyd County since 2015, Wrede in 2024 oversaw an agency with four deputy sheriffs — considered an impressive ...

The state will not pursue the death penalty against Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel, who is accused of first-degree murder.

Elizabeth Hennessy, a managing director with Raymond James, the district’s financial advisor for bonds, said state law allows counties other than Cook County to implement a sales tax of no more than 1 ...

Following a yearslong investigation and recent arrests, state Attorney General Dave Sunday, along with state and local law ...