Four Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies resigned in lieu of termination, and three supervisors were suspended without pay following the death of 55-year-old Essie Ward, whose body went unnoticed in ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office recently settled a lawsuit over the death of Shaun Seaman, who was killed by a violent ...

A third panther death is being reported by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the suspected victim of a vehicle collision. The injured 3-year-old, male Florida panther was rescued on January 28 ...

Reinaldo Lopez Jr., 41, of Osceola County, the driver of a Suzuki motorcycle, died Jan. 24 in a traffic crash in northeast ...

(This story was revised to correct Essie Ward's age, based on an autopsy report.) Earlier this year, a woman died in a cell in the Central Polk County Jail, and detention deputies did not realize she ...