Tennessee is no stranger to political machines ... The reporter intended to cover a simmering feud occurring at the Polk County Courthouse in Benton. That reporter was grabbed by the arm by Sheriff ...

Tennessee, south of Benton just north of the Georgia line. It was physically removed and relocated to Benton. The town was founded in 1840 as the Polk County seat and had been known as McCamy’s Stock ...

She was born in Benton, to the late Fletus and Marie Coe Carruth ... Eloise served our community by working as a nurse in various capacities for 52 years at Bradley and Polk County health departments, ...

Benton County officials gathered Friday to celebrate a land purchase that county Mayor Mark Ward called “the biggest thing that’s happened in Benton County in our lifetime.” The small, rural county on ...

We're working to learn more about the collapse of a portion of Highway 30 near Kimsey Mountain Road in eastern Polk County, Tennessee Thursday morning.TDOT tol ...

we're going to have our crews here to work, overnight for emergencies." IN BENTON COUNTY- CREWS ARE ON STANDBY TO SPREAD SALT AND SAND. THE MIXTURE HELPS TO SLOW FREEZING AND MAKE ROADS MORE SAFE.

POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — A shocking road collapse has left a key stretch of Highway 30 impassable in Polk County The ...

Following the recent closure of the state’s only municipal garbage incinerator, Marion County will not send ... Counties, including Benton, Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill, designated Coffin ...

A regularly scheduled audit by the office of State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick gave Benton County the lowest possible rating of "poor" and alleged that county officials disregarded and violated ...

Polk County schools are seeing a significant rise in student absences due to illness. Fourteen schools throughout Polk County have reported sick absence rates greater than 10% at least one day so ...

Polk County officials have revived their battle to stop operations at an East Lakeland facility frequently accused of creating a stinking mess. Polk County Attorney Randy Mink and the county's ...

Polk County supervisors have approved $500,000 in emergency funding to help 478 refugees resettle in the Des Moines metro, plugging a gap created by President Donald Trump's January halt of ...