The final contract means "everybody else in the school district is going to see 2%, whether they have a union or not,” the ...

According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, deputies were dispatched to a home on Avenue C in Waverly for a reported battery in progress. Investigators say Pittman showed up at the residence ...

Polk County's juvenile detention center is holding kids longer, partly because of changes to state and federal law that now generally prohibit placing youth in adult jails — even when they're ...

Polk County has presented a budget that includes $2 million in cuts and a property tax levy reduction. What's in the proposal: ...

What started as a traffic stop over dark windows on Interstate 4 near Davenport on Feb. 11 ended with felony charges and a ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said it is heartbroken to announce the death of one of its own, Sergeant Lonnie Weatherford.

A DoorDash driver who is in the country from Venezuela with a pending immigration application was arrested on Tuesday after deputies say he swiped a package from a Lakeland doorstep.

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Tuesday the county is owed millions of dollars for housing state inmates at the Penal Farm. Harris said it cost the county almost $30 ...

Shelby County is suing the Tennessee Department of Corrections for refusing to pay for state inmates housed in county facilities. Housing these inmates has cost the county an estimated $127 million ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is calling on the Tennessee state government to pay nearly $30 million, which he said is owed to Shelby County for housing state inmates. Harris said ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County’s mayor says the state is not paying its fair share to house almost 1,000 state inmates in the county, and the county has taken the matter to the state Claims Commission ...