Despite a checkered past, Theodore “Pink Tie” Murray, a nonpartisan candidate from Frostproof, represents the first ...

A Polk County deputy fatally shot a man accused of raising a hammer and charging at him, according to the sheriff’s office.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the man was beating his wife with a hammer, then charged the deputy after being tasered ...

Becky Troutman overwhelmingly wins Polk County Commission District 1. And the county finally ends its Efficiency Commission as a stand-alone entity.

Schools in Polk and Marion counties were put on lockdown on Oct. 6 after an unknown caller threatened to be 10 minutes away ...

Edgardo Acevedo Cancela and his ex-wife filed a civil lawsuit against Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County after a judge ...

It has been eight years since Urbandale Officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Sgt. Anthony Beminio were ambushed and killed.

Ongoing road closures from Hurricane Helene's storm damage are creating traffic problems in Polk County, Tennessee, where ...

Polk County Sheriff's detective Jason Tart walks in slain officers' memory NBC files FCC 'equal time' notice after Kamala ...

No specific schools or details were named in the threat. Schools were released from lockdown at about 12:30 p.m.

For the first time in eight years, a sheriff with 50 years ... several other agencies across the state have begun using them, including four in Polk County: Lake Wales, Winter Haven, Haines ...