Polk County deputies are probing the finding of a man's body floating in Saddle Creek Lake. ...more

May 24, 2009

Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 5, 2009

A 31-year-old man died when his pick-up truck lost control while trying to pass other cars in Polk County east of Lakeland on Saturday evening. ...more

January 4, 2009

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

LAKELAND - Divers are trying to remove a body found floating this morning near an alligator in a canal of Saddle Creek Lake, the sheriff's office reported. ...more

May 17, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

December 31, 2007

While working to catch two armed robbery suspects, a K-9 handler for the Polk County Sheriff's Office was bitten by a fellow deputy's canine partner, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

October 29, 2007