The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation following a fatal structure fire that claimed the life of an elderly woman Sunday morning on Scenic View Street. Emergency calls ...

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 ...

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

(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 ...