Out of the 157 people who were arrested, the sheriff explained, 25 were in the US illegally from countries like Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela.

Florida Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, must defeat Democrat Octavio Hernandez of Davenport to earn a fourth term in the ...

A state-run emergency shelter remains open for Polk County residents, even as locally run shelters have ceased operations.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Polk County operation focused on human trafficking led to 157 arrests, including 25 illegal immigrants.

During a five-day-long undercover human trafficking operation in Florida, authorities arrested 157 suspects, some from ...

The Freedom Tour, a Polk County-based disaster relief ministry, sent resources to North Carolina and Georgia after Hurricane ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd joins 'The Bottom Line' to give more insight surrounding a major human trafficking sting.

Early voting for the Nov. 5 General Election begins in Polk County on Monday and continues through Nov. 3, according to a ...

On Thursday night, Haines City knocked off rival Ridge Community to take sole position of first place in Class 7A-District 6.

Republican Jennifer Kincart Jonsson won a four-person primary and now faces Democrat Ashley Herrmann in the Florida House ...

Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp is a Democrat running to represent Florida’s 15th U.S. Congressional District. She ...

After Hurricane Milton, more than 100 pets were found in the streets of Polk County and are now taken in by animal control.