The decision seeks to improve work-life balance for first responders and reduce burnout among the county’s 700 firefighters.

Among all the complaints about Polk County's governing board, some members having two jobs is a bit of a yawner, writes the Register editorial board.

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, announced Monday that he had named both Judd and Pinellas County Sheriff ...

A 23-year-old man reportedly sent sexually suggestive messages to a 16-year-old he used to teach, asked her for nudes and tried to have sex with her, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

In some other elected jobs, low pay is a barrier ... six months of his salary as severance. Polk County residents deserve better, though, than to have sheriff's deputies playing hall monitor ...