Erasuro Mascorro Jr. approached a contractor Tuesday afternoon near the dead end of Third Street West in Wahneta. Mascorro ...

A Wahneta man was arrested for attempting to carjack a contractor at gunpoint and admitted to using PCP and meth before the ...

U-Haul tracks one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a state or city compared with trucks leaving. Here are the 2024 numbers.

A Grand Jury has been called and people have been subpoenaed to appear in Bartow, the seat of Polk County, as an ...

A Frontier Communications contractor narrowly escaped an attempted armed carjacking in Wahneta, and thanks to quick thinking and the swift response of Polk County Sheriff's deputies and K9 units, the ...

Newly elected representatives Jill Altringer and Mark Holm were sworn in to the Polk County Board of Supervisors on Thursday ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Fort Meade man's holiday celebrations took a violent turn, landing him in jail after assaulting a woman ...

The crime spree occurred Dec. 18 and began when someone reported a Polaris Utility Terrain Vehicle stolen in Lake Wales, ...

Polk County Public Health offers free nasal Narcan kits to address the opioid crisis, with pickups available at various ...

SPCA Florida is a no-kill shelter and can turn away animals when it reaches staff and kennel capacity, unlike Polk County ...

A Florida man accused of going on a ‘one-man crimewave’ in Polk County last month celebrated his 24th birthday behind bars.

The proposed closure of Lake Marion Road has been cut from 220 days to 113. But at least one commissioner remains incensed.