A Cedartown man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking two jail officers at the Polk County Jail earlier this ...

Dewayne Young’s plea came before a judge following an indictment by a Polk County grand jury on multiple counts of aggravated assault. The July 5 assault involved the 46-year-old inmate attacking the ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - Two Polk County inmates were found overdosing in one of the male pods, according to a statement from Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons. On September 6 at about 12:49 p.m., ...

The woman had been in jail on unrelated charges when another inmate, with the same name, was flagged by the Department of ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man who was doing on-the-job training as a new ...

New Polk County Jail hire arrested for intoxication and drug possession charges. Read more about the incident and implications for the facility.

October 20, 2025 Deputies responded to a report of vehicle damage. Deputies responded to a report of a stolen firearm.

A Native American woman born in Phoenix was wrongly flagged for deportation at an Iowa jail after an ICE detainer mix-up, ...