Deputies said the suspect used the jewelry in 12 fraudulent pawn transactions, with some of it already being sold or melted ...

The Polk County treasurer who is embroiled in a lawsuit against the government has filed to run for one of the county’s top elected positions.

Polk County has presented a budget that includes $2 million in cuts and a property tax levy reduction. What's in the proposal: ...

Amid a severe drought and burn ban, Polk County will see temperatures swing from the upper 80s to the low 30s in days.

The River Ranch fire, which was 650 acres the morning of Feb. 16, burned an unknown number of camps.

Polk County Fire Rescue battled over 30 brush fires, with one burning 400 acres in River Ranch, but no evacuations or ...

Deputies said the Bartow teacher was burning debris in his backyard when the fire got out of control. The burn ban prohibits outdoor burning of any kind.

A Bartow High School teacher was arrested after a fire he started during a burn ban spread over five acres. The incident ...