Since the start of the 2024-2025 school year in Polk County, 24 students have been arrested for written or online threats, ...

A Florida newborn is the proud owner of a talking Sheriff Grady Judd doll after she decided to make her way into the world in ...

Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to ...

Gang-related shootings were becoming more frequent in Polk County between 2019 and 2023. According to authorities in 2019, ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said two men were rescued after falling overboard into a lake, but the rescue helped ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A man was arrested Tuesday night after he allegedly led Florida Highway Patrol troopers on a ... Hoyte ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. \- 39-year-old John Batista of Poinciana apparently missed the memo about keeping calm and carrying on.

Micah and Diam were on their way to the hospital around 7 a.m. on Saturday so Diam could give birth to their child, however, ...

In the 28 days since school began in August, law enforcement had arrested 24 students for making threats, Polk Superintendent ...

The Violent Gang Investigative Task Force was formed in February 2023 in response to a wave of gang-related shootings.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives from the Gang, Homicide, and Robbery units have arrested 19 Polk County gang ...

Anthony Jermaine Hoyte was arrested after a high-speed chase reaching 130 mph, spanning several Florida counties and ending ...