The fee of $84 an hour paid to the Polk County Sheriff's Office covers the salary of a deputy, plus benefits, capital and ...

The Polk County Elections Office has released the first batch of results in the March 18 Special Election. These preliminary ...

The Polk Education Association (PEA) and Polk County Public Schools reached a tentative agreement that could grant raises up to 7% for school employees. The agreement includes a $25 million pay ...

Oregon’s Common School Fund will send $76.8 million to the state’s K-12 public school districts, including $1.1 million to ...

A former substitute teacher at Kathleen Middle School is in legal trouble for what he allegedly did not do inside a classroom ...

Drivers in Lakeland may soon see cameras installed in school zones and additional red-light cameras. Violators will receive a ...

North American Rescue recently donated school supplies to Polk County Schools, with Polk County EMS personnel Jason Wilson ...

More than 400 college baseball teams, consisting of 15,000 players from 30 different states, meet up in Polk County every spring for RussMatt Baseball.

Polk County Middle School continued its dominance in regional science competition, securing its third consecutive ...

Polk County ranks 57th among 67 in the state for overall child welfare in the Florida 2025 Child Well-Being Index, down from 53rd a year earlier.

Bills filed by Polk County’s six state legislators in this year’s session ... SB 1122 would significantly reduce the ...

A final tally from Tuesday's special election overwhelmingly showed Polk County voters are not for county schools taking out $34 million in bonds to help improve facilities.