Polk County says someone is pretending to be a bond agent and giving fake bail amounts to release family or friends from jail.

A Wahneta man was arrested for attempting to carjack a contractor at gunpoint and admitted to using PCP and meth before the ...

Erasuro Mascorro Jr. approached a contractor Tuesday afternoon near the dead end of Third Street West in Wahneta. Mascorro ...

A Polk County K-9 helped catch an attempted carjacker who is accused of threatening a Frontier Communications contractor at gunpoint before running into the woods.

A Grand Jury has been called and people have been subpoenaed to appear in Bartow, the seat of Polk County, as an ...

"Moving I-4 Forward" is a program that will focus on enhancing I-4 west of U.S. 27 in Polk County to east of State Road 536 in Orange County. It will build a new Poinciana Connect ...

Bartolome Figueroa Acevedo, 43, has been arrested for multiple charges after assaulting a resident and two law enforcement officers.

U-Haul tracks one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a state or city compared with trucks leaving. Here are the 2024 numbers.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Frontier Communications contractor narrowly escaped an attempted armed carjacking in Wahneta, and ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Department says four juveniles are accused of causing approximately $12,000.00 in damage to a home ...

The crime spree occurred Dec. 18 and began when someone reported a Polaris Utility Terrain Vehicle stolen in Lake Wales, ...

Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham said the officers "believed their actions were necessary to save the lives of officers and others in the surrounding area." ...