Incumbent sheriff Mark Garton ran unopposed for reelection in 2020 but was challenged this election by Steve Warden, a former ...

Despite a checkered past, Theodore “Pink Tie” Murray, a nonpartisan candidate from Frostproof, represents the first ...

A Polk County deputy fatally shot a man accused of raising a hammer and charging at him, according to the sheriff’s office.

Several investigations are underway after a Polk County deputy shot and killed a man during a domestic battery call Saturday ...

Edgardo Acevedo Cancela and his ex-wife filed a civil lawsuit against Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County after a judge ...

Polk County deputy fatally shot Charles Edwards after he attacked his wife and charged at the deputy with a hammer.

Becky Troutman overwhelmingly wins Polk County Commission District 1. And the county finally ends its Efficiency Commission ...

A man who was using a hammer to attack his wife was fatally shot by a Polk County deputy on Saturday morning, according to ...

Charles Edwards Jr. reportedly had an extensive criminal history before the Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to the ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office reported a decrease in semi-truck traffic on Highway 30 following the closure of I-40 due to ...

Operation in Polk County leads to the arrest of 21 women for prostitution-related offenses at massage parlors.

A child is dead and three others, including a good Samaritan, were hospitalized following a fiery crash in Lakeland Thursday ...