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

The driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a 63-year-old man dead days before Christmas turned herself in to the ...

Micah Lee Blacksmith surrendered herself at the Polk County Jail on Tuesday. Blacksmith, 34, is facing a charge of failure to ...

POLK COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia school district will close its buildings on Friday to take preventative measures due to the flu ...

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

Unlike other seasons when Polk at times had three teams from the same district qualify for the playoffs, the county might end up with just two playoff teams from the top five districts in Classes ...

Polk School District students will not attend classes Friday as officials attempt to curb the spread of illnesses throughout the system.

A Salem man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, then crashing a car with her body inside, appeared in court Friday.

Sumter and Lake counties and the Hampton Tract in Polk County. Setting prescribed fires in controlled settings can reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control, the district said in a news ...

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