Deputies arrested a Davenport store clerk accused of selling alcohol to a 15-year-old as part of Operation Pop Top.
Polk County detectives spent 176 hours conducting 990 compliance checks.
Two people are hospitalized and one man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Winter Haven police.
The Lakeland Police Department will be accepting applications for the 2022 Cops for Kids Toy Donation program for five select days.
The Polk sheriff's office arrested a 15-year-old Tenoroc High School student for bringing a gun on campus and threatening a student with it.
The council will consist of approximately 20 members who will serve voluntarily and meet every other Tuesday beginning in January.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the three men arrested have direct ties to cartels responsible for killing 18 mayors in Mexico.
Polk County Commission proclaims Domestic Violence Awareness Month as incidents in the county rise by 1,700 cases.
Authorities said a Winter Haven father and son thought they were being burglarized when a neighbor dropped off a misdelivered package.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide that occurred Monday afternoon at 52 59th St. in Bartow.
A Polk County sheriff's deputy's life was saved by his bullet-proof vest after he was shot in the chest last week.
The Bartow Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred Saturday around 11:30 a.m.
At the age of 4, Deputy Blane Lane declared that he would become a sheriff's deputy and, one day, sheriff of Polk County.
A driver was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter following a crash that killed a 22-month-old boy and left a 5-year-old boy injured.
Both men were taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries.
The bullet from one of the other deputies penetrated the wall of a mobile home and struck the rookie deputy.
Three Orlando men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an Orange County man in unincorporated Haines City Sept. 24.
Fifty-eight-year-old Frederick Duchin was charged with armed sexual battery for the attack on a woman who was feeding feral cats.
A 21-year-old Treasure Island woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after colliding with a school bus Monday morning.
Lake Wales police said J & M Towing towed a car without the owner's permission and then said it would be returned if the owner paid $735.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that occurred at a convenience store in unincorporated Winter Haven on Sept. 8.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says, among those arrested, were Disney, Publix and Amazon employees.
Lakeland police and firefighters are among the cities creating a behavioral health plan for fellow first responders experiencing trauma.
A birthday celebration Monday night at an apartment complex in Davenport ended with two people being stabbed, according to Polk deputies.
An off-duty Polk County firefighter is being hailed as a hero after saving a person who was preparing to jump off a highway overpass.
Among those arrested were a math teacher, school athletic coach, parents with a 2-year-old in tow and a bellhop at a Disney resort.
Around 1:10 a.m., the Polk sheriff's office received a call about a man on the side of the road of Cypress Gardens Boulevard.
A grand opening ceremony for the newly built Loughman Fire Station will take place on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m.
A teen suspect is accused of two shootings, including the death of a 17-year-old in Haines City, Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.
A deputy police chief from GA is facing charges after Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he tried to pay an undercover detective for sex.
The car was headed east on Interstate 4 in Polk County when the driver fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed into a pickup truck.
A Winter Haven man died after crashing his Jeep into a pond early Sunday morning.
Winter Haven police investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying the man in a sketch who sexually assaulted a woman.
A 27-year-old Haines City man was killed Tuesday after being struck by a car on U.S. 98 North.
A 27-year-old St. Petersburg man has died after losing control of his SUV on State Road 60 in Bartow.
A 17-year-old Winter Haven teen has been charged with 3 felony drug crimes after police found fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs in his room.
Lake Wales police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and two others hospitalized Sunday afternoon.
Their investigation led detectives to Bernard Footman and they obtained a warrant for his arrest and took him into custody Aug. 18.
More than 13 national and local law agencies were involving in busting a national drug-smuggling operation based in Winter Haven.
A Polk County sheriff's deputy remains hospitalized but suffered no severe injuries Sunday night after she was struck by a vehicle.