The Hutchinson School Board unanimously agreed to appoint Brian Pollmann to fill a seat on the board left vacant when Mike Carls moved from the district last month. The term needed to be filled ...

WHAT EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE YOU ARE SEEKING? I have been on the school board since January of 2013; served one term and then did not refile. After the ...

David Price, president of Bok Tower Gardens, said two of the proposed highway routes could come within about 2,600 feet of the northern boundary.

There are roughly 500 refugees from Afghanistan and other nations currently in Polk County who are here legally.

Ana Maria Ruiz Perea of Winter Haven High became the first Polk County student elected as governor at the annual Girls State ...

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

Among his proposals, DeSantis calls for an additional $246 million toward teacher pay, as part of a yearslong effort to improve starting salaries above $47,500. District also can use a portion of the ...

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

The proposal from Fortress Secured LLC set a total project cost of $182.2 million and a construction timeline of 22 months for the Poinciana school.

With millions of federal dollars flowing into Florida schools and universities, for projects ranging from early education through post-doctoral research, leaders scrambled to figure out what exactly ...

The increased fee only applies to volunteers whose activities involve contact with students out of sight of a district staff ...

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education is calling a special meeting after its regular business meeting on Tuesday to address Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins' future. The special ...