Nearly 100 people were camped Sunday night outside The Venue for a shot at reality television stardom and a grand prize of $1 million. ...more

June 23, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Nearly 100 people are camping outside The Venue for a shot at reality television stardom and a grand prize of $1 million. ...more

June 22, 2008

Detectives are looking for several people who together siphoned 400 gallons of diesel fuel from a Lake Alfred gas station on June 12. Deputies say a pickup truck and three large rigs pulled up to the BP station, 6600 County Road 557, and several people got out over the underground storage tanks pretending to repair the pickup, said Polk County sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers. ...more

June 20, 2008

Polk County deputies are asking for the public's help in identifying the remains of a man found floating in a canal off Saddle Creek on May 17. Volunteer sketch artist and former Polk County sheriff's crime scene technician Laura Sheffield drew a composite from the man's face. ...more

June 5, 2008

A Polk County crossing guard is OK after he was hit by a car outside an elementary school in Lake Wales this morning. ...more

May 30, 2008

A New Port Richey woman was arrested Saturday on four charges of animal cruelty after deputies found several dogs dying from starvation in her home. ...more

May 26, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A stripper was arrested Saturday on four charges of animal cruelty after deputies found several dogs dying from starvation in her home. ...more

May 25, 2008

State Road 60 in Mulberry has reopened, said Polk County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers. ...more

May 21, 2008

A 16-year-old Kathleen High School student was accused by deputies today of cutting another student in the neck with a box cutter razor, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 8, 2008

DUNDEE - Investigators have identified the man killed by a Dundee police officer in the parking lot of a grocery store late Thursday night, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

April 11, 2008