Eighteenth West Judicial District Prosecutor Debra Buschman has concluded that the use of lethal force by an officer from the ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has reported 454 immigration encounters since Aug. 1, more than any agency in Florida ...

A new ICE hiring drive with big signing bonuses is pulling state and local talent into federal jobs, straining departments ...

In the reel, Judd informed viewers that Yoan Soto, 21, was working an overnight shift at the Davenport McDonald’s on October ...

A Polk County teacher from Lake Shipp Elementary School was arrested on Wednesday after deputies say she falsely reported ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A teacher at Lake Shipp Elementary School in Winter Haven was arrested on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, ...

“The victim was knocked off his bike, and then run over by the car once he was on the ground. Witnesses reported that the driver ... got out, looked at the victim, then got back in his car and put the ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office Traffic Homicide Unit has issued an arrest warrant for a Guatemalan man who was here in the country illegally, charging him with leaving the scene of a crash with ...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Guatemalan man after a hit-and-run that hospitalized a 28-year-old man on October 9, ...

A Florida sheriff called an altercation involving a worker and two customers at a McDonald’s in Polk County last weekend a ...

Nicholas Jones and Peter Story threatened McDonald's worker Yoan Soto with violence and mass shooting before Soto shot Story ...

A McDonald’s worker shot an inpatient drive-thru customer in the neck. The sheriff called it a “McMess” — and that’s just the start.