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

The Polk School District Board of Education voted Tuesday afternoon to accept the resignation of Superintendent Katie Thomas ...

The driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a 63-year-old man dead turned herself in to the Polk County Jail on Tuesday, Salem police said. 34-year-old Micah Lee Blacksmith has been ...

Webster's body was found in northwest Polk County near Mill Creek last April. Multnomah County District Attorney's Office announced a grand jury had indicted Calhoun, who is currently incarcerated ...

Larry Keefe, a former U.S. attorney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ public safety “czar,” will serve as executive director of Florida’s new State Board of Immigration Enforcement. Polk Sheriff ...

Coming off the winningest season in 15 years, the Ottumwa High School football team will be tested by the state's best ...

The Lakeland school is among seven in Polk County that have received recent D grades. Crystal Lake is the only one that has reached the stage of having the district file a turnaround plan with the ...

Educators in Polk County are getting a historic raise after eight months of bargaining between the school district and teachers union.