A Winter Haven family is calling for the Polk County Sheriff's Office to be held accountable after they say their 15-year-old ...

Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel is charged with 4 counts of murder and attempted murder stemming from at least 2 incidents over ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is facing allegations of excessive force involving a Dec. 29 incident with a 15-year-old boy ...

INEXCUSABLE': Demonstrators gathered Friday, saying 15-year-old Damahri Lane was violently and unlawfully assaulted by ...

The mother of a 15-year-old boy said deputies injured him while trying to serve an arrest warrant for someone who lived there ...

On Jan. 9, 2026, Andrew Ridgeway pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and tampering/fabricating with physical evidence.

Philip Scott Cannon was paid $925,000 by the state after he spent 11 years in prison for a 1998 murder he didn't commit.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man was convicted by a jury Thursday for attacking a woman with a baseball bat last year. He ...

CFO Blaise Ingoglia handed out replica checks to leaders from six agencies to represent reimbursements for assisting federal ...

At a Thursday morning hearing, the defendant, Calvin Phillips, initially changed his mind about taking the plea deal, but ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — If you’ve driven through Polk County lately, you may have noticed a black Nissan Altima wrapped in Christmas lights and blue tape. But if you take a closer look, it’s not your ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier joined Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd to announce the conviction of Hernando Cortez ...