The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is currently on the scene of a fatal crash investigation involving a pedestrian and a CSX train. The incident occurred at approximately 5:32 a.m. Tuesday near the ...

Polk County Public Schools has unveiled new high-tech air traffic control simulators at Bartow Executive Airport, giving local students a unique pathway into aviation careers. The simulators are part ...

James Coulter Unless you've been living under a rock for the past decade, you're probably aware Disney has been remaking its animated movies into live action. So, it was only inevitable that the House ...

Frostproof, FL – Firefighters from Polk County Fire Rescue responded Saturday afternoon to a working residential structure fire near the intersection of Florida Grackle Court and Lumpkin Road in ...

By Carl Fish | Daily Ridge News LAKELAND, Fla. — After receiving multiple citizen complaints, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier reviewed a recent (May 17) free speech confrontation involving ...

Daily Ridge News A new Florida law that took effect on July 1 is changing how school bus camera violations are handled across the state, including right here in Polk County. The law, passed ...

A woman was injured Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a bullet while lying in bed inside a home on Kettles Avenue, according to the Lakeland Police Department. The incident was reported just ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. at the Sheriff’s Operations Center in Winter Haven to announce the arrests and extraditions of two teenagers involved in ...