Operation in Polk County leads to the arrest of 21 women for prostitution-related offenses at massage parlors.

Election Day 2024 is here. Final voting for the general election will take place Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Polk County ...

Lakeland, and Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, were picked to chair committees in the Florida House for the 2025 session.

Cesar Ramirez of Lakeland said that video clips of the insulting joke appeared on dozens of “Boricua” social media groups ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff's deputies say they arrested 21 people at 12 different massage spas for alleged ...

A child is dead and three others, including a good Samaritan, were hospitalized following a fiery crash in Lakeland Thursday evening.

Despite a checkered past, Theodore “Pink Tie” Murray, a nonpartisan candidate from Frostproof, represents the first ...

Melony Bell, a Republican, left the Florida Legislature to challenge Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards, a ...

The dad, surviving child and a good Samaritan who helped were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A baby gator was “arrested” by deputies after finding its way into a Lakeland neighborhood. On Oct. 30, deputies responded to a wildlife complaint on Parker Street West, near ...

Bob Doyel of Winter Haven ran unsuccessfully for office three times in Polk County after retiring as a judge in 2010.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit conducted a two-day undercover operation beginning Monday, November 4, 2024, which resulted in the arrest of 21 individuals. Undercover detectives went to ...