In an era of mounting mental health challenges and academic pressures, Polk County’s school counselors and social workers are getting a boost thanks to a timely grant from the Polk County Community ...

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

According to the Polk County School District, there have been “excessive” student absences related to the norovirus and flu.

The Polk County Community Foundation recently awarded Polk County Schools a generous grant to assist school counselors and ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested a former substitute teacher for committing sexual offenses against a student. The U.S. Department of Labor has cited Mosaic Fertilizer for two “serious" ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer to discuss his positions on addressing illegal immigration in ...

A Florida substitute teacher has been arrested after 16-year-old girl reported  him for sending her sexually charged messages ...

According to the sheriff's office, the man had been messaging the teen for about a year before the investigation began.

A former substitute teacher from Florida was arrested after he allegedly carried on an inappropriate relationship with a ...

According to the sheriff's office, the man had been messaging the teen for about a year before the investigation began.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has arrested 23-year-old Chase Crabb of Kissimmee (Osceola County) for committing sexual offenses against a student at Haines City High School (HCHS). In January of ...

A 23-year-old man is accused of trying to have a sexual relationship with a student at a Polk County high school where he was once a substitute teacher, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.