Polk County Deputies say a small plane hit power lines, then went down, shortly after takeoff today around 11:30 a.m.

A plane crashed in Polk County on Friday night, prompting a response from deputies, according to the sheriff’s office.

The sheriff’s office said an additional victim came forward after seeing his arrest to report she was also attacked by him.

A 64-year-old man was arrested after pulling a gun and pointing it toward another vehicle that had a 3-year-old child inside, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

On a small plot of land in Polk County, a company is hard at work crafting a road out of radioactive materials.

Four teenagers were arrested in Polk County following what the sheriff’s office described as the brutal beating of a 35-year-old Mulberry man who wound up in the ICU as a result.

A 22-year-old man arrested in Polk County will face charges in a road rage incident that the victims caught on dashcam, according to the sheriff’s office.

On a small plot of land in Polk County, a company is hard at work crafting a road out of radioactive materials.

A woman is dead after being shot during a dispute between rival gang members in Polk County, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

A man and woman were killed Wednesday morning in a fiery crash involving a semi-truck and box truck, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

One person was killed in a plane crash in Polk County, deputies say.

A crash that left at least one person with serious injuries on State Road 37 in Polk County prompted a road closure south of Mulberry, according to the sheriff's office.

A woman was killed and two people were injured in a crash near Mulberry, according to the Polk County's Sheriff's Office.

A baby girl who was found abandoned early this year on a hill in Mulberry was just adopted, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Two people were killed and several others were hurt in a crash in Polk County, officials say.

A 27-year-old woman died after a crash when her vehicle overturned and struck a light pole outside Mulberry, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Polk County deputies responding early Saturday to a report of a crying baby near Mulberry found an abandoned newborn who medics estimated to be just an hour old, according to a news release.

A 17-year-old student at a Polk County high school was arrested Tuesday on a murder warrant out of Pennsylvania.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that a detention deputy that has been with the agency since 2005 faces theft charges after stealing merchandise from Walmart.

A man and four juvenilles have been arrested after a man was shot in Mulberry, deputies say.

A man who was beaten and held down by Arkansas law enforcement officers during an arrest outside a convenience store has filed a lawsuit over the encounter.

The attorney for a man seen on video being punched and kneed by Arkansas officers says the violent arrest is part of an alleged pattern of excessive force by a sheriff’s deputy.

Federal authorities say they have started a civil rights investigation following the suspension of three Arkansas law enforcement officers after a video posted on social media showed two of them beating a man while a third officer held him on the ground.

A Bartow man drowned after falling out of a boat while fishing in Mulberry, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A Mulberry man was arrested on suspicion of stealing a bike after he became “tired of walking,” according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A person and a horse were killed in a crash in Polk County, sheriff's officials say.

A Polk County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant shot a man who was hauling a trailer with stolen construction equipment after the two struggled during a traffic stop, according to a news release.

An 18-year-old from Plant City is in the Polk County Jail after turning himself in at a Polk County Sheriff’s Office substation, hours after he hit a a pedestrian in Mulberry and then fled the scene, deputies said.

A Florida tow truck driver is charged with murder in the shooting of a man who had come to retrieve his vehicle from a tow yard.

MULBERRY, Fla. – Polk County sheriff’s deputies shot a 33-year-old gunman after he opened fire, injuring one deputy, Polk County Sheriff’s Office officials said. Around 10:50 p.m., deputies found the Bartow man sitting in his car under a bridge on Nichols Road in Mulberry. According to the sheriff’s office, four deputies approached the vehicle and asked him to show his hands. Deputies immediately rendered aid until Polk County Fire Rescue could arrive. According to the sheriff’s office, Chaves was hired as a detention deputy in 2014, and became a patrol deputy in 2015.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – An elderly couple died after their home caught on fire Tuesday night, according to Polk County authorities. Fire Rescue officials said the fire started at 11:59 p.m. outside the home on Willis Road in Mulberry and then spread to the brick residence. Fire fighters were unable to enter through the front door so they got inside through the windows. Once inside, first responders were met with extreme heat and zero visibility but were still able to extricate the man and woman who were inside. The couple, identified by deputies as 86-year-old Carl Caldwell and 80-year-old Denise Caldwell, were taken to Bartow Regional Medical Center, where they died.