POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A Polk County mother is demanding an apology after she said her son's elementary school teacher made a birthday gesture that was offensive — rather than celebratory. Legend ...

AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AND THIS WEEKEND, YOU CAN BRING THE FAMILY OUT FOR A DAY OF TREATS HERE IN THE METRO. THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL HOST ITS CANDY CRAWL EVENT. THE FUN STARTS SATURDAY ...

Polk County Public Schools and its employee union are at an impasse over state funds for teacher raises. The district offered a $542 annual raise for eligible teachers, while the union is pushing for ...

Houston City Council on Wednesday postponed a vote to abandon Polk Street for the $2 billion George R. Brown Convention Center expansion, as debate over the street’s future continues. The delay ...

Gaye Sharpe is retiring as director of Polk County’s Parks and Natural Resources Division after 35 years of service. Sharpe was instrumental in the county's acquisition of over 26,000 acres of ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Starting Wednesday, Polk County residents will be paying more in solid waste disposal fees. The Polk County Board of Commissioners approved the increase at the North Central ...

One person was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of 13th Avenue and Polk Street in Eugene on Oct. 3. Traffic in the area is heavily congested ...

Over the course of the last five seasons of Iowa high school football, very few teams have left Southeast Polk and told tales of victory. The official ledger coming into Week 7 of 2025? Teams were a ...

Polk State College has canceled its Introduction to African-American Studies course, saying it violated state law. The law passed in 2023 restricts general education courses from teaching that ...

A video of a Polk County teacher singing a variation on “Happy Birthday to You” to a kindergartner has gone viral, fueling allegations of racism — and alleged death threats toward the teacher. Polk ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — One person is dead following a multi-vehicle crash that involved a Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance. PCFR says this happened at around 10 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Spirit Lake ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - An investigation into stolen property and later, drugs, resulted in the arrests of 13 people in Polk County. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, while ...