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Two deputies were sent to the hospital after an inmate attacked them with a homemade weapon at Polk County Jail.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office said after inmate Dewayne Young’s tray was collected, he got more agitated and began to flood ...
Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen met up with a true AJC Peachtree Road Race veteran who is about to go on his 50th run. Larry Kuglar has quite the collection of AJC Peachtree Road Race t-shirts, one for ...
The American Red Cross will hold a community blood drive Thursday, July 17, at First Baptist Church of Rockmart, 311 E. Elm ...
See the latest charts and maps of virus hospitalizations, cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations in Polk County, Georgia.
Two Polk County Jail staff members were sent to the hospital on Saturday after an inmate stabbed them, according to the ...
A Polk County pastor says his time as a police officer prepared him to save a churchgoer's life with the Heimlich maneuver. A Polk County man wanted for the 2022 murder and strangulation of his ...
POLK COUNTY, Ga. - For his last trick, a Polk County inmate "done Houdini'd his way outta custody in two counties," according to the Polk County deputies searching for him.
POLK COUNTY, Ga. — The Polk County Police Department identified the two officers who were hurt after a high-speed chase and crash over the weekend.
SOLARCYCLE will bring 600 jobs to Polk County, Georgia. Doowon Climate Control America plans a $30M manufacturing facility in Candler County.
The body of a 57-year-old Georgia man was recovered from 36 feet of water on Parksville Lake in Polk County on Monday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
March 7 (UPI) -- Sheriff's deputies in Georgia rushed into action when a jail break-in was perpetrated by a "white female" suspect: a duck. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said on social media ...