MidAmerican Energy says that at the peak of the outages, almost 33,000 of its customers were without power on Monday.

NEW CHARGES A former Polk County deputy, who resigned after being arrested for theft, now faces drug trafficking charges.

Polk County Sheriff's Office Investigating String of Vehicle Break-ins Across Multiple Neighborhoods LAKELAND, Fla. - The ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office ended its seasonal Marine Patrol program on Monday, according to a Facebook post.

Lanecia Bennett, charged with second-degree murder and cruelty to children, was granted bond despite not pulling the trigger ...

Beginning Thursday, July 24, election officials in all of Georgia’s 159 counties conducted a hand count of randomly selected ballots as part of the statewide risk-limiting audit (RLA) of the July 15, ...

Polk County will activate its Extreme Temperature Plan on Monday, July 28 at 8 a.m. due to extreme heat. Emergency Management has not released a projected end date.

Youth For Christ of Polk County (YFC) is honored to be the recipient of the 70th Automated External Defibrillator (AED) placed in the community by Culpepper’s Cardiac Foundation (CCF). This ...

A former deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office who was previously investigated for allegedly stealing money from a suspect during a traffic stop has now been arrested on new charges involving ...

A Florida mother escaped a murder charge Monday after agreeing to plead guilty to lesser charges just before her trial was set to begin.

A stash of jewelry worth $16,000 mysteriously vanished as its owner was recuperating from surgery, according to investigators ...

A man hired to do work at a woman's home as she recovered from surgery now faces charges after Polk County deputies say he ...