The Polk Transportation Planning Organization discussed a proposed toll road in eastern Polk County, the Central Polk Parkway East. Board members expressed concerns about the project's potential ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton appointed Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to the newly formed State Immigration Enforcement Council. The council ...

Evacuations remain for residents in Polk County due to an over 400-acre brush fire.According to the Polk County Emergency Management/Fire Marshal and the North Carolina Forest Service, the fire ...

By Katie Robertson Journalists from The New York Times, The New Yorker and ProPublica were among the winners of the George Polk Awards, which were announced on Monday. Long Island University ...

A Polk County woman is accused of attacking a man with a garden hoe after their plans to "hang out" fell through earlier in the night. The Polk County Sheriff's Office says that Melanie Davis climbed ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Melrose Fire in Polk County is estimated to be between 400-500 acres with 0% containment as of Sunday morning, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NEW YORK (AP) — Reporting on four of the world’s major conflict zones — Israel, Sudan, Ukraine ...

A trial date has been set for a federal civil suit that claims Publix fueled the country's opioid epidemic. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says one of two men accused of stealing swans from a mobile ...

NEW YORK (February 17, 2025) – Incisive reports from four areas of bloody conflict — Sudan, the Russian-Ukraine war zone, Israel’s West Bank and Haiti — are among 15 winners of the George Polk Awards ...