A game meant to be lighthearted ended with arrests, a school lockdown, and a districtwide warning from Polk County Public ...

Polk County Commissioner Michael Scott said April 7 he will tour animal shelters in other counties after complaints about ...

An 18-year-old was killed, and two others were shot at a house party at a Vrbo rental in Champions Gate early Saturday ...

Four adults and two juveniles have been charged in connection with a shooting incident near Pioneer Park on Sunday. Officers ...

A local man is behind bars this weekend after deputies say he turned a routine trip to a Lakeland pet supply store into a ...

Bowling Green woman killed in Haines City Friday after her car collided with a semi trailer and church building The Polk ...

A 24-year-old Florida woman was killed early Friday morning after she hit a semi-truck on U.S. 27 and then crashed into a ...

The announcement comes as North Florida braces for extreme wildfire conditions brought by near-record heat, drought ...

Michael Herteen was arrested after allegedly attempting to coerce a police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl into sexual ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Lake Wales man was arrested after being accused of attacking a sleeping man with a golf club.

On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, PCSO deputies responded to the area of Myrtle Avenue and State Road 60 in Lake Wales, after it ...

On Thursday morning, the judge reduced Kristin Ramsey's bond from $2 million to $500,000. She was required to post 10%, or ...