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

FROSTPROOF, Fla. (WFLA) — A man is dead after a drowning that occurred in Polk County on Sunday afternoon. In a video posted to social media, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd provided minimal details on ...

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

Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies responded to the lake after a call of a man drowning, but when they arrived, the man was already underwater.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.