READ: Mexican Man Arrested For DUI In Fort Meade After Mistaking Polk County Deputy For Friend. The brief pursuit ended when ...

The Polk County School Board also honored her at its meeting on Jan. 28 meeting. School Board member Sara Beth Wyatt, whose district includes Winter Haven, introduced Ruiz before the ...

Otis Birdsong was a consensus college All-American at the University of Houston and an NBA All-Star during his 12-year pro ...

A chase through Polk County ended with two people in handcuffs after troopers said they found guns, drugs and cash in a vehicle they had to forcibly stop with multiple PIT maneuvers. An 18-year-old is ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A Winter Haven woman is facing charges after allegedly fleeing the scene of a car accident on Saturday evening. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Jaimee Haley ...

Snow Accumulation Projection: Widespread 2 to 4 inches, with up to 6 to 9 inches farther inland, especially in western areas.

A second person was arrested in connection to a shooting that left an 18-year-old dead at the Abbey Lane Apartments, the ...

One man is dead and another was hospitalized with serious injuries after a head-on collision on SR-60 in Winter Haven on ...

One person was killed, and two others were injured following a three-car crash in Winter Haven Thursday afternoon.

At *** news conference this morning in Winter Haven, the governor was joined by Polk County Sheriff JD Grady Judd, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, and Attorney General Ashley Moody. Uh ...

One of the top two basketball players who played high school basketball in Polk County, Birdsong was honored for his Winter Haven career where he became the school’s all-time leading scorer and ...