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Polk school employees endure another paycheck glitch, as district promises solution
The Lakeland Ledger· 6 days agoThe problem affected approximately 4,100 of the district’s roughly 14,000 employees, including...
Polk County teachers face school board payroll issues
FOX 13 Tampa Bay· 3 days agoHundreds of teachers in Polk County were missing a paycheck last Friday morning because of a payroll...
Alvin Pearsall played major role in Polk County high school basketball after integration
The Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoPearsall’s squads won eight straight district titles. The Yellow Jackets also finished state...
Kids Tag Art program raises more than $18,000 for Okaloosa County schools
Northwest Florida Daily News via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoNICEVILLE — At the most recent Okaloosa County School District meeting on June 10, Tax Collector Ben...
Polk County migrant charter school expansion is part of DeSantis' vetoes
WUSF 89.7· 7 days agoA Polk County charter school is one of many projects that did not make it onto the $116.5 billion state budget, which came out slightly ...
As qualifying ends, a few Polk officials won't face challenges. Here's an election rundown
The Lakeland Ledger· 6 days agoPolk County Commissioner Bill Braswell gained a third four-year term in District 3, as no one filed...
Two Polk commissioners cleared of ethics complaints. School board member has appealed hers
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Ethics Commission found probable cause that Polk County School Board member Lori Cunningham...
Meet the all-Polk County baseball player and teams of the year
The Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 15 hours agoEven as a 10-year-old, the Polk County baseball player of the year was turning heads. Reunited with...
Meet the athlete of the year and all-Polk County team for boys track and field
The Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoAfter switching schools and giving up his first sport, this year's Athlete of the Year from Lakeland...
Interim superintendent named at Lake Wales Charter Schools after Wayne Rodolfich's firing
The Lakeland Ledger· 7 days agoThe Lake Wales Charter Schools voted Monday to designate Alricky Smith as its interim superintendent...