The Polk County Sheriff's Office is blocking mentions of Taylor Cadle in comments on its social media accounts, Mother Jones ...

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At an unruly Town Commission meeting, residents shouted their anger about traffic, water, infrastructure and other ails of new development.

The national fabric and craft store announced it is closing 500 of its 800 stores. There are two in Polk County. Here's where ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2016, a 12-year-old named Taylor Cadle reported to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

Brady McCarron, spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service, confirmed Thursday morning Myles Strickland, 35, of Polk County, was wanted on two warrants for grand theft, one warrant for burglary, one ...

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

Florida supervisors of elections are offering offering $1,200 scholarships to college students, according to Polk Supervisor ...

Collin Griffith will not spend time in prison after deputies accused him of murdering his mother a year after he shot his ...