A week after a surprise loss in a Florida Senate election, former state Rep. Josie Tomkow was criticized by Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Sheriff Grady Judd is sounding the alarm about drivers not paying attention or failing to stop for school buses. He said the number of citations is not going down.

What started as an apparent mental health crisis ended with a Vietnam veteran dead Tuesday after Sheriff Grady Judd said the man fired a shot at responding deputies. Trump’s DoorDash stunt ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — A veteran was shot and killed by deputies in Lakeland on Tuesday, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Judd said deputies were dispatched to a mental health crisis involving ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a press conference in Winter Haven on Friday morning about the results of a major drug trafficking investigation. The ...

Concealed carrying a firearm involves carrying a gun in a way that is hidden from public view, while open carry involves carrying a gun in a visible manner. Both methods of carrying are subject to ...

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Polk State College has named the Presidential Search Committee that will nominate one or more candidates to be the school’s sixth president. The committee has 11 members, including the District Board ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A runaway teen girl was discovered in the bedroom closet of a sex offender in Polk County this week, according to the sheriff’s office. In a release, Sheriff Grady Judd said his ...

EXCLUSIVE: Fox‘s medical drama Doc is taking a page out of Grey’s Anatomy‘s playbook with a two-hour Season 2 finale featuring a cataclysmic event that leaves major characters’ lives hanging in the ...