One man is dead after Polk County deputies say he charged at one of them with a knife, forcing them to fire several shots ...

A Polk County deputy fatally shot a man who was allegedly advancing on him with a knife, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

A business burglary in Babson Park, Polk County, has landed a 40-year-old man with a criminal history spanning Ohio and ...

Bills moving through the Florida Legislature would, among other things, redirect bed tax money to property tax breaks and ...

A Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a man on Friday after he allegedly threatened the law enforcement officer with a knife, authorities said.

The latest shooting happened late in the evening of April 25 outside the McDonald's at U.S. 92 and Combee Road in Lakeland.

The Polk County School Board voted 6-0 to offer the general counsel position to James Greene, who has the same role with ...

The Florida Department of Transportation is providing a new opportunity for wildlife to cross I-4 in hopes of giving species a chance to expand.

Polk County Supervisor Angela Connolly said it's a mistake to give up local control on autopsies to the state of Iowa.

Seven years after it opened, Polk County is pitching in to makeover a downtown Des Moines hotel that neighbors the city's ...

St. Louis police spotted a stolen vehicle during a routine patrol and tried to stop Rickie Wells, 31, of Bolivar, Missouri.

A man wanted for burglary and theft was shot and killed after charging at a Polk County deputy with a knife, according to ...