A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

The contract, previously approved by the union, includes a 1.5% wage increase and 4.1% step increase, plus the first sick ...

A retired Polk County Sheriff’s Office sergeant was killed in a crash involving a drunk driver, deputies said.

Retired Polk County sergeant Dan Cooley, 69, was struck and killed on St. Patrick's Day night. The driver faces DUI and child ...

A Polk County man wanted on six warrants, who was wounded after he caused an officer-involved shooting outside a Fort Myers ...

Defense lawyers asked a Polk County judge to consider a dismissal Monday in the case of a Lufkin man beaten to death on ...

Haven man was arrested Monday evening for allegedly hitting and killing a retired Polk County Sheriff's Office sergeant who ...

After two months on administrative leave, Polk County Administrator John Norris is set to receive more than $500,000 in ...

Polk County's interim administrator says the county will be able to balance its fiscal year 2026 budget despite facing a $7.2 ...

Two men were arrested over the weekend for firing guns out of a pickup truck, carrying two minors, around Polk County, the ...

An accused drunk driver is behind bars after investigators say he hit and killed a retired Polk County deputy on Monday night ...

A retired Polk County Sheriff’s Office sergeant was struck and killed Monday night by an alleged drunk driver while ...