Polk County Schools has signed a collaboration agreement with accredited, online Western Governors University (WGU) to provide a path for teachers and school employees to pursue affordable, flexible a ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County principal is accused of “skip scanning” at a Walmart self-checkout. According to the interim superintendent Alricky Smith, Gregory Lewis, the principal at Bok ...

More than 900 students from throughout Florida took part in the 70th Annual State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida, ...

Sunday, March 23, 8 a.m. update from Kellie Cannon, Polk County Public Information Officer: Cannon said there were reports of a fourth fire, but that was later determined to be a part of the Black ...

A traffic stop turned violent for detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. At around 6:02 pm, the detectives performed a routine traffic stop on a white Ford ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is paid $84 an hour to review footage from school bus cameras and issue citations for ...

In 2025, Oregon’s Common School Fund will send $76.8 million to the state’s K-12 public school districts, including $1.1 million to those in Polk County. “Across the country, school districts are ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A Polk County wildfire, now being called the Black Cove Fire near Green River Cove Road, is at 110 acres and is 10% contained, according to the N.C. Forest Service ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's first tuition-free, virtual reality-based charter school is now enrolling statewide for the 2025-26 school year. Virtual Horizons Charter School is a home-based schooling ...

A retired Polk County deputy was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver on Monday night. Investigators say Aaron Wells was driving drunk and had an 11-year-old child in the car when he hit the ...

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

“Who is James K. Polk?” his opponents in the 1844 presidential election mockingly asked. Two centuries later, the question is asked again more quizzically. For one thing, James K. Polk proved ...