Polk County News

A muck fire outside Davenport has caused a lot of smoke in the area and the underground fire that now measures more than 1,000 acres is under control and it will be monitored.

Soon there will be a sign outside the Polk County Historical Museum letting people know it is not the county courthouse.

Twice in three years, William Cornwell has had to draw his gun to ward off strangers who broke into his home.

Polk County deputies said a Winter Haven man shot and killed a man who was banging on his door and eventually invaded his home.

Something smells rotten in Sarasota County. State forest sevice officials told The Bradenton Herald Friday that the rotten smoky smell is from a 980-accre muck fire in Polk County .

PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW Because it's 5 o'clock somewhere is why this project was named that, said Kelli Winter, the team's leader.

Detectives arrested and charged five suspects Wednesday and Thursday for allegedly beating up a Lake Wales teen and his father, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported.

Two Lake Wales men were arrested by Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies shortly after they allegedly illegally caught and killed an alligator.

A muck fire caused by a lightning strike outside Davenport has caused a burning smell throughout Polk County, officials with the Florida Fire Service said this week.

Students and adults will be paying a little more for lunch in Polk County public schools during the 2012-13 school year.

If you can sense that, then chances are you are smelling the smoke coming from a wildfire in Polk County, a Florida Forest Service official said Friday morning.

A large brush fire near Haines City prompted the Polk County Health Department to warn residents about potential health effects.

Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives charged Javier Gonzales, 41, of 1922 26th St.

Land use, high-tech research and development and nutrition education are the three top priorities on the Florida Department of Agriculture's agenda for coming years, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam told Polk County Tiger Bay Club members Monday.

For garbage collection in Bartow: No garbage pickup on Monday, May 28. Those who have their garbage picked up on Monday will have their garbage collected on Tuesday.

A 12-year-old boy who was critically injured in a youth stock car crash has died from his injuries.

The changes in the scoring methods of the FCAT tests this year have school officials across the state, as well as those in Polk County, frustrated and have left parents wondering if their students know less than they previously thought they knew.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office reported as of Monday morning that 12-year-old Tyler Morr of Arcadia remained in critical condition at All Children's Hospital in St.

Lakeland police officer Ted Sealy teaches 10-month-old Batman, a Belgian Malinois, to sit Tuesday during the the U.S. Police Canine Association's national detector dog trials in Lakeland.

Central Florida's newest theme park, located in Winter Haven in Polk County,A will attempt to break the record for the largest number of beach balls simultaneously thrown in the air on Thursday.