The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has about 70 employees and is led by Sheriff Mark Garton. It’s the equivalent of a new payroll tax or a 17% cut in the size of the military, according to a top think ...

AUBURNDALE, Fla. - A tragic house fire on Gladiola Drive in Auburndale, which occurred on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, has been ...

Increasingly depraved behavior at a popular lake has earned the wrath of a Florida sheriff, and his crackdown began with arresting eight people accused of being involved in a “riot” that surfaced in a ...

Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) said it is looking for a man wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in Davenport on ...

Sheriff Grady Judd said the man should be considered "armed and dangerous," last seen walking toward woods near U.S. 27 and I ...

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? The Polk County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a suspect accused of shooting and ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says an "armed and dangerous" man is on the run after shooting and killing another man on ...

Eight arrested after a fight at Lake Winterset, with the incident caught on video and posted on social media, leading to a ...

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at approximately 9:40 p.m., deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to reported gunshots in the area of the Home Suites located in Davenport, Florida, ...

Sheriff's Office seeks public's help in locating armed and dangerous suspect following Davenport hotel shooting. POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Davenport man is dead, and a search is underway for the man ...

Two people died in an Auburndale mobile home fire with an explosion reported; investigators are probing the cause.

Frank ‘Bubba’ Smith Jr., age 90, passed away peacefully at his home in Bartow, FL on Sun0, 2025. He was surrounded by his family. Bubba loved being a husband, father, grandfather, and great ...