Police: Investigation underway after officer-involved shooting in Polk County

17 May 2024, 2:15 pm

The Haines City Police Department is currently investigating an officer-involved shooting in Polk County.The shooting occurred on U.S. 27 near I-4 in Davenport, and the scene of the incident remains ...... Read More »

SEVEN FIGURES richer, Polk County man becomes millionaire in scratch-off win

17 May 2024, 12:34 pm

The $5 money-themed ticket features more than 5.8 million winning tickets, with a top prize of $1 million offers more than $79.5 million in total cash prizes. Scratch-off games made up 72% of ticket ...... Read More »

Polk County man wins $1M prize playing Florida Lottery scratch-off game

17 May 2024, 10:16 am

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Polk County man won a $1 million prize playing the Florida Lottery’s “SEVEN FIGURES” scratch-off game. Carlos Cole, Sr., 53, of Winter Haven, claimed his winnings Friday at the ...... Read More »

DNA testing helps solve 1972 ‘John Doe’ cold case in Polk County, sheriff’s office says

17 May 2024, 7:35 am

Fifty-two years ago, a person fishing in Polk County found a man dead. Through DNA testing and decades of investigative work, detectives now say the man’s identity has finally been uncovered, as well ...... Read More »

Polk County man wins $1 million Florida Lottery prize in SEVEN FIGURES scratch-off game

17 May 2024, 7:26 am

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A Polk County man won big Friday, claiming the $1 million top prize from the Florida Lottery's SEVEN FIGURES scratch-off game. Fifty-three-year-old Carlos Cole Sr. chose to ...... Read More »

Polk County murder case that went cold finally solved 52 years later, deputies announce

17 May 2024, 6:37 am

Mack Proctor was considered a “John Doe” and buried at Lakeside Memorial Cemetery.However, the case would pick back up in January 1974 when Charles Williams, who was a Florida state prisoner at the ...... Read More »

School bus cameras coming to ticket drivers passing illegally in Polk County

17 May 2024, 6:13 am

"With children on school buses and people running that stop sign, there's going to be zero tolerance," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. In 2023, officials said the Florida Department of Education ...... Read More »

Polk County man wins $1M from scratch-off ticket purchased at Publix

17 May 2024, 5:43 am

A Winter Haven man who played the SEVEN FIGURES scratch-off game claimed a seven-figure prize of $1 million, according to the Florida Lottery. Carlos Cole, Sr., 53, purchased his lucky ticket from ...... Read More »

Who's John Doe? Polk County deputies identify victim in decades-old cold case

17 May 2024, 5:04 am

For decades, Polk County Sheriff's detectives tried to identify the victim ... Two years later, an inmate in the Florida State Prison system contacted investigators and said a fellow inmate confessed ...... Read More »

1970s prison inmate, DNA help crack Polk County cold case murder after 52 years

17 May 2024, 4:20 am

Polk County Sheriff Grady says his agency now knows the identity of a man found dead in an Eloise field in 1972 and who likely killed him.... Read More »

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