The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two men accused of stealing two black swans from the Highland Village ...

This is proving to be a busy year for attorneys in the civil division of the Polk County Attorney's Office. Facing new discrimination allegations arising from the attempted ouster in January of ...

Polk County organizations say there are more families with kids who are homeless. Many are on a waiting list for help. K-C-C-I's Kayla James is here with a look at the numbers in Polk County ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The second suspect in the bizarre theft of two black swans and six eggs from a Lakeland neighborhood has ...

Polk County schools are seeing a significant rise in student absences due to illness. Fourteen schools throughout Polk County have reported sick absence rates greater than 10% at least one day so ...

FOR SIX TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WARNING OF A SURGE IN SCHOOL ILLNESSES. IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS 14 COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE SEEING MORE THAN ...

In Minnesota, the epicenter of prosecutions for violating drug-free school and park zone laws isn't Minneapolis, but small Polk County. The county contains less than 1 percent of the state's ...

The Polk County Republican Executive Committee expressed concern about the impact of the intraparty conflict on voters and upcoming elections. The leader of Polk County’s Republican Party is ...

Polk County Public Schools installed cameras on all buses to catch drivers illegally passing stopped school buses. Over 6,250 citations were issued in less than four months, generating over $1.4 ...

Not all volunteers in Polk County Schools will face an increased application fee, as previously announced. Volunteers who require contact with students out of sight of staff will need a Level 2 ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County jury found a teenager accused of stabbing his mother to death not guilty on all charges on Wednesday. Collin Griffith, 17, was accused of murdering his mother ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Collin Griffith, the 17-year-old accused of stabbing his mother to death last September in Auburndale, has been found not guilty on all counts, a judge ruled Wednesday afternoon.