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

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

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 ...

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

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said this is the third Friday in a row where "people have tried to kill my deputies." ...

The Polk County Police Department said Friday that AJ Ware was apprehended with the help of the Floyd County Police Department and other agencies.

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

Under the agreement, Polk County Public Schools will pay Fortress Secured LLC up to $6.541 million for predevelopment of the ...

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

A man wanted for burglary and theft was shot and killed after charging at a Polk County deputy with a knife, according to Sheriff Grady Judd. Deputies were trying to track down 37-year-old John Snyder ...

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.