Polk County, Florida, continues to be one of the worst offenders for sham efforts to combat human trafficking.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Polk County operation focused on human trafficking led to 157 arrests, including 25 illegal immigrants.

Three suspects were charged with traveling to sexually batter juveniles, and four possible human-trafficking victims were ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said some of the illegal immigrants arrested in the sting allegedly received benefits from the ...

Law enforcement officials, already alerted to the potential threat, arrested Parsons at the scene. He was charged with “going ...

Rescuers were still saving people from swollen rivers on Friday, but many expressed relief the impact of the hurricane was not worse.

LITHIA, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents slogged through flooded streets, gathered up scattered debris and assessed damage to ...

A rescue team from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office carried ... The family returned Thursday morning after spending the night ...

Hurricane Milton churned Wednesday toward a potentially catastrophic collision along the west coast of Florida.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay area is opening shelters ahead of anticipated impacts from Hurricane Milton . Milton came on the ...