Polk County Fire Rescue's union president says the staffing shortages have created longer work hours for current firefighters.

Polk County Public Schools announced new principals at three high schools, 14 elementary schools, a traditional middle school and a magnet.

The county has failed to comply with Texas' mandated ratio of one detention officer for every 48 inmates, Sheriff Byron Lyons wrote in a news release Wednesday.

Two Polk County Police Department officers were injured while pursuing a wanted man on Saturday night.

A Polk County principal is accused of "skip scanning" at a Walmart self-checkout.

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Polk County officials said one out of three active wildfires in the “Black Cove Fire Complex” is contained. On Monday, March 31, officials said overnight ...

As of the latest March 24 evening update, maps indicated that one fire in Polk County had hopped the Green River. Firefighters from across the nation are responding.

Here is the latest on the fires burning in Polk County, North Carolina, as mandatory evacuations are in effect.

As of Monday morning, officials said three wildfires in Polk County near Hendersonville had burned over 5,200 acres.