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

Polk County Sheriff Deputies arrested 71 people in October for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs according to a post on the Department's social media page.

Sheriff Grady Judd cut the ribbon Nov. 4 along side commissioners for a fourth public safety facility: the new Sheriff’s ...

The crash reportedly closed the eastbound lanes of Dundee Road in Winter Haven for around four hours Friday night.

The Polk County Sheriff‘s Office is asking for the public’s help finding two people who illegally dumped trash near a road ...

A nurse in Polk County was arrested for allegedly stealing over $140,000 from a blind elderly man she cared for.

A Winter Haven woman was arrested after deputies said she stole more than $140,000 from a blind man who she worked for as a ...

Incumbent sheriff Mark Garton ran unopposed for reelection in 2020 but was challenged this election by Steve Warden, a former ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A memorial service at a Polk County park turned into an armed robbery that landed four suspects behind bars.

(This story was changed to correct a city of residence.) For the first time in eight years, a sheriff with 50 years of law ...

Becky Troutman overwhelmingly wins Polk County Commission District 1. And the county finally ends its Efficiency Commission ...

Detectives said the nurse was originally hired as a home health nurse to take care of the victim’s wife, though the wife ...