Sheriff Grady Judd, of Polk County, Florida, says local law enforcement wants to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers make arrests but that the agency needs to change its rules and create ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

Florida supervisors of elections are offering offering $1,200 scholarships to college students, according to Polk Supervisor ...

Drivers will start seeing heavy equipment and an increased number of crews along I-4 east of U.S. 27, the Florida Department ...

Eight dogs and three pigs were seized from a house in Frostproof, living in filth without food or water.Polk County ...

A Florida sheriff says federal immigration authorities need to remove the "shackles" from local law enforcement agencies so they can assist in deporting criminal illegal migrants.

Collin Griffith will not spend time in prison after deputies accused him of murdering his mother a year after he shot his ...

The increased fee only applies to volunteers whose activities involve contact with students out of sight of a district staff ...

Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship program is having a big impact on students in Polk County schools, but it is in urgent ...