Communities are grappling with the BLM's notice that signals a significant increase in timber harvesting across 2.5 million ...

Grady Woke in Winter Haven, Florida on March 17, 2026. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd knows his county. After all, he's been elected six times, and loves ...

TAMPA, Fla. - A 22-year-old man will spend the next 18 months in federal prison after a violent struggle with immigration agents left one officer with a ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Saturday afternoon in rural Polk County turned into an investigation after a local witness caught two men allegedly unloading a massive ...

Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt posted on social media calling for the resignation of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo after her recent incident at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

One child is dead and another is in the hospital after a hit-and-run crash in Winter Haven, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Shoppers alarmed by what's happening at malls: "Living in hell" ...

A woman is under arrest after deputies say she confessed to killing her roommate in a quiet, rural Charlotte County neighborhood.

Prosecutors closed a domestic violence case against her husband after she fled their Coral Springs home and died in August. Family disagees.

People across Polk County have been mourning the loss of a local U.S. service member killed overseas, including Sheriff Grady Judd, who released a video statement Wednesday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has promoted Polk County Judge Rachelle Williamson of Winter Haven to serve on the Circuit Court for the 10th Judicial Circuit. Williamson earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida ...

Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Lakeland was one of four American soldiers killed in a drone attack in Kuwait. Khork's former commander in the ROTC program Florida Southern College recalled him as a ...

On any given day, thousands of Polk County residents are wanted by the law. Most are not desperados on the run. Instead, their warrants are for traffic offenses, misdemeanors and failure to appear on ...