BARTOW, Fla. - A 51-year-old Bartow man, Nathan Cagle, found his pleas for leniency ignored on Thursday evening as Polk ...

In East Polk, two protests are scheduled. On is at U.S. 27 and Home Run Boulevard in Davenport, across the highway from the ...

Firefighters battling a section of the Rowena Fire showed that it's not just people who may need help as the fire continues ...

The suspect seriously injured a deputy, leading to a deadly officer-involved incident in Polk County on Friday.

Juneteenth, the holiday recognizing the official end of slavery, is celebrated in a wide array of events across two weeks in ...

Authorities in Polk County have now caught the man they say fled the scene of a burglary in Sullivan Township early Friday ...

A Polk County deputy was awarded the Life Saver Award by Sheriff Johnny Moats on Monday, after she saved a man’s life last ...

Investigators said the teen suspect admitted to owning the gun, ordering the switch online, and installing it himself. They also said he told detectives when shooting it he "felt like Superman." ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a burglary in the Sullivan Township near East Grand Forks. According ...

A plant that only is known to exist in Polk County, the Blushing Scrub Balm, is at risk due to proposed routes for a planned toll road, native plant enthusiasts say.

There's an extremely rare plant that, in all of Florida, only grows in Polk County, but it's being threatened by a proposed ...

Polk County supervisors approved a program that will pay cash to employees who come up with ways to save money within the ...