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 ...

FOX 13's Carla Bayron reports on a man who remains in jail after allegedly hitting and killing a retired Polk County deputy ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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