A retired Polk County Sheriff’s Office sergeant was killed in a crash involving a drunk driver, deputies said.

Sergeant was tragically killed Monday evening by a drunk driver while attempting to remove debris from a roadway in Bartow. Dan Cooley, 69, of Bartow, a retired PCSO Sergeant, was struck and killed on ...

Two men were arrested over the weekend for firing guns out of a pickup truck, carrying two minors, around Polk County, the ...

Defense lawyers asked a Polk County judge to consider a dismissal Monday in the case of a Lufkin man beaten to death on ...

Scott Ashley, president of Wine & Spirits Distributors of Florida, said the only missing component of the bill is who pays for the regulation of hemp-derived drinks. “The alcohol excise tax is about ...

After two months on administrative leave, Polk County Administrator John Norris is set to receive more than $500,000 in ...

A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

The American Red Cross will hold a community blood drive Thursday, March 20, at First Baptist Church of Rockmart, 311 E. Elm St., from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. There ...

Frere, convicted of the brutal stabbing deaths of his ex-girlfriend and another man at a Winter Haven motel in 2020, will ...

Polk County wasted no time establishing control Friday, scoring in the opening minute en route to a 4-0 non-conference girls ...

Polk County's interim administrator says the county will be able to balance its fiscal year 2026 budget despite facing a $7.2 ...

FWC officials will share the draft of a Land Management Plan for Creek Ranch Wildlife Management Area in eastern Polk County ...