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

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

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 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.

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

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

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

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 ...