Evidence suggests David Pittman has lifelong intellectual disabilities, which lawyers say should bar him from the death ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - According to a harm reduction specialist, the illicit use of ketamine is on the rise in Polk County.

With the change in criteria, Polk County went from three schools to 14 designated as persistently low-performing, including ...

Watson Clinic said that vaccines have proved overwhelmingly beneficial to the health of children and the community.

A Florida appeals court has struck down the state’s long-standing ban on openly carrying firearms, ruling that the Second ...

A Facebook Marketplace deal gone bad. An apartment complex melee. A confrontation at a bar. In all three, defendants say it was self defense.

Nearly three years after Polk County Deputy Blane Lane was shot and killed in the line of duty, the woman facing murder ...

Through a recent undercover investigation called “Operation Bad Odds,” undercover deputies with the Polk County Sheriff's ...

Angel Lobato smashed the driver’s side window and got into the vehicle, then he’s accused of hitting Frazier in the head ...

After a court ruling, the Polk Sheriff's Office says it will no longer arrest people for openly carrying firearms. But Sheriff Judd says there are still restrictions.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd posted a YouTube video, reminding gun owners to understand the state's restrictions as Florida’s open carry ban is lifted.

The possibility of a mid-decade redrawing of congressional maps has created uncertainty as Polk County's representatives all ...