Amid an alarming rise in pediatric e-bike injuries, a Central Florida non-profit is teaching kids how to stay safe while ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference on Friday to announce arrests in two separate ...

An Altoona, Iowa, man has died after a collision in Polk County on Friday morning, according to the Iowa State Patrol.

In what could be the 12th execution this year in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of killing three members of his estranged wife’s family in 1990 in ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for David Pittman, 63, marking what could be the 12th execution this year in Florida. The warrant schedules Pittman's execution for September ...

A Bartow man who has been in the Polk County Jail since last year was indicted by a grand jury for 1stDegree Murder during the Distribution of a Controlled Substance (FC) on Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Authorities say a 19-year-old from Altoona was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 this morning when he ...

The health department says data collected from Iowa State University shows the highest level of West Nile in mosquitoes in ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd shared updates on the arrest of two men for two separate murder cases on Friday morning in ...

The Polk County Health Department is urging residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites as Iowa experiences high levels of West Nile virus activity in the pesky insects. Statewide mosquito ...