Records from Polk County Public Schools showed a rise of 69.2% in battery toward staff during the 2024-2025 school year.

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

Polk authorities searching for homicide suspect Taiwan Blandin Blandin suspected in the death of a retired substitute teacher in her 80s Blandin described 6 feet, 190 pounds; armed and dangerous ...

Polk County will pay employees 10% of first-year savings, up to $5,000, for cost-saving ideas. The program aims to generate savings and recognize employee contributions, drawing inspiration from ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it is temporarily housing inmates at the Louisiana Work Force LLC facility in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, due to ongoing staffing shortages ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - A large-scale drug investigation in Polk County ended with the arrest of one man who is accused of making and delivering seven kinds of drugs from his home. Charlie Joe ...

You should always check with the county and call the shelter itself before heading to any of the listed locations. Even if a location is listed, it is not guaranteed to be open for every storm.

Polk will join 97 Iowa counties in moving its services to the state's office at the Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, which is undergoing its own $36 million expansion. County officials ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved a severance agreement with the medical examiner. Dr. Rory Deol was hired just a few months ago, in December 2024. The approved payout is $131,097.69.

CEDARTOWN, Ga. — Two Polk County police officers are in the hospital after a violent crash during a high-speed chase Saturday night that left one patrol car in flames and both officers seriously ...

Soto requested funding for 15 projects, one of them in Polk County — $4 million for a pedestrian and child safety project in Poinciana. Soto’s district used to cover much of eastern Polk County.