POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County school district teamed up with the Florida Department of Health for their first pop-up clinic on Tuesday in Lakeland. “You can take all the precautions in the ...

Officials with Polk County Schools declined to comment on Polk Virtual School, but did provide options for families, which include: Returning to the home-zoned school Applying to another Polk ...

Thomasville and Polk County will hit the field on Monday, May 12, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network. The NFHS Network gives you access to live high school ...

Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow state intervention in Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The Senate version of the bill requires a district needs assessment focusing ...

The Tennessee Army National Guard provided two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion today to support a wildfire response in Polk County, at the ...

Polk County issued a burn ban due to dry conditions and high wildfire risk. The ban prohibits various activities, including campfires, bonfires, and burning yard waste. Violators of the burn ban ...

Shawn Smith has been appointed as the new Polk County Fire Rescue Chief. Smith replaces former Fire Chief Hezedean Smith, who resigned following a report that revealed leadership issues within the ...

Polk County Public Schools offers teachers a starting pay of $47,500. Teachers have left the county to work in higher paying surrounding counties, leaving the district to rely heavily on substitutes.

It happened, in part, through a concerted effort by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to address teacher vacancies across the state. With both the university and Knox County Schools based ...

The number of Polk County students with religious ... for people to opt out of required vaccines for public schools, Faber said. As a county health department, Van Liew said that they are ...

and I think we’re just trying to keep up with growth so it’s much more of opening the schools back up to encourage our mentors to come,” said Lisa Miller, Polk County School board member.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Margie Patterson has had many drivers illegally blow past her school bus in her nearly 40 years of being bus driver with Polk County Public Schools. “There are a lot, I ...