Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said the suspect smashed one of the deputies in the head, splitting his head open, while they were arresting another man.

Prior to adoption, all pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped, up to date on vaccines and come with a month of flea and ...

Polk County School Board member Rick Nolte, who last attended a meeting on Jan. 28, is on medical leave, the school district ...

The average gas price in the United States last week was $3.11, making prices in the state about 3.9% lower than the nation's ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

Daryl Ward, executive director of the Polk Arts & Cultural Alliance, will serve as interim leader of the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art.

U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Tampa, has missed more than a week of votes as she recovers from injuries suffered in a horse-riding accident.

Lake Wales Police Department officers responded at 4:46 p.m. on June 12 to a report of a stabbing at 108 W. Sessoms Ave.

In East Polk, two protests are scheduled. On is at U.S. 27 and Home Run Boulevard in Davenport, across the highway from the entrance to Posner Park. Another is in Poinciana, right on the Polk-Osceola ...