Five Points Elementary School will be closing at the end of the school year. This is all due to the county’s half-cent sales ...

A Florida man convicted of murdering a husband and wife during a fishing trip in 1997 is scheduled to be executed next month.

A 22-year-old was allegedly driving a stolen car with a gun, drugs, money and ammunition inside in Polk County when he fled ...

A very public bowel movement was put to use when a Florida couple needed a distraction for large-scale shoplifting, according ...

A Lakeland man injured multiple people when he crashed into two vehicles while fleeing Florida Highway Patrol troopers on ...

A Hardee County corrections officer was arrested in Polk County for DUI and property damage after hitting a sign.

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A Polk County sex offender accused of assaulting a deputy on Thursday was arrested after he was caught hiding in Lake Bonnet, ...

A suspect who fled in a stolen vehicle before colliding with two other cars has been arrested in Lakeland, according to ...

John Velebir of Winter Haven has previously served as first vice chair and treasurer of the Polk County Republican Executive ...

Polk County is becoming more popular as a place to move because of competitive home prices opportunity and slower pace of ...

A meteorologist says another cold front is headed our way, as Lakeland's Talbot House is already 16% above normal occupancy.