Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

Nine Polk County football players will play college football next season after signing with a college on Wednesday.

Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship program is having a big impact on students in Polk County schools, but it is in urgent ...

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

The school district said the closures allowed for a deep cleaning after it reported on Thursday that 761 students and 63 ...

The Polk County School District said hundreds of students were sick with flu or Norovirus.

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses which are sickening students and staff. Here's ...

Polk County Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid said that he does not expect Crystal Lake Elementary to need another year to achieve a C grade.

Polk County is renovating a Des Moines building to create a welcome center and resource hub for immigrants and refugees, ...

POLK COUNTY, Ga. — The Polk School District closed down schools and facilities on Friday and Monday, citing flu and norovirus cases. The school district said the closures allowed for a deep ...

The announcement that the National Institutes of Health will cap funding for medical research has researchers fearful that their work will be decimated, NPR reports. The move could cost institutions ...