Morgan Ortagus, an Auburndale native and a graduate of Florida Southern College, served in the Bush, Obama and first Trump ...

Polk County’s top administrator has been placed on administrative leave. Polk County Community Relations Specialist Jon ...

Norris' leave comes as the Board of Supervisors recently named new leadership and welcomed new members to their ranks.

The Polk County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to prohibit future road closures of more than five days without its ...

Residents have reelected Judd for more than a decade as the top cop in Polk County.

A South Carolina man was sentenced to serve over 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to criminal sexual acts involving ...

Two new supervisors took office this year. This is a historic change to a board that doesn't see much turnover.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was sworn in for his sixth consecutive term on Tuesday morning in Lakeland. Residents have reelected Judd for more than a decade as he's held the title ...

The American Red Cross will hold a community blood drive Thursday, Jan. 16, at First Baptist Church of Rockmart, 311 E. Elm ...

A 56-year-old man with a history of exposing himself in public was caught again, this time for allegedly touching himself at ...

Police have confirmed the identity of the body found floating in Lake Clinch to be 26-year-old Daniel Angeles-Dimas, who had been missing since Jan. 2.

The man met and befriended the child on a social media website and started soliciting the child for nude pictures and sex, ...