The Polk County Sheriff's office alleges that a man tried to fire on deputies in a Jan. 6 standoff. He is charged with ...

Deputies in Polk County have a new way to show their patriotism this year. To mark the United States' upcoming 250th birthday on July 4, Sheriff Grady Judd has introduced a special commemorative badge ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office opened up the agency’s sixth district office on Monday in Poinciana. The new office is the ...

The Polk County Health Department is ending billing of insurers on behalf of patients who receive travel vaccines, saying ...

Comments during a heated exchange at a Planning Commission hearing for a sand mine have led to a Dec. 16 vote to remove a ...

Two Polk County restaurants were closed by inspectors to deal with roaches during the first two weeks of December, according ...

Polk County, Florida, is hiring a new Solid Waste Director to manage waste operations and environmental compliance.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A six-year, $134 million project broke ground Thursday to better connect Polk County highways to I-4. One of the goals is to direct semi-truck traffic away from Bartow. “We ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Almost exactly six months after two Polk County deputies were "ambushed" and shot by a sovereign citizen, one is back on the job. Deputy Craig Smith and Lieutenant Chad Anderson ...

AdventHealth is planting "easy in, easy out" off-site emergency departments across some of the region's fastest-growing ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.