Q. Polk County School District is giving the vaccine starting with the middle schools. I was told that they are the "most" at risk but everything I'm reading would point more to the elementary school age children. Do you have anything that supports the middle school age children being more at risk? - Kim, Winter Haven ...more

November 10, 2009

A circuit judge on Wednesday threw out a complaint seeking to reinstate forfeited football games at Kathleen High School, saying he didn't think the state acted improperly or that the losing season will economically affect the team's players. ...more

November 5, 2009

It's a practiced art among most middle school boys: passing gas and blaming it on someone nearby. ...more

March 20, 2009

A reading teacher and food service manager were honored Thursday night by the Polk County School District. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Polk County School District has placed four people on leave while it investigates activities in the school board's facilities division, the district superintendent announced today. ...more

November 18, 2008

TAMPA - A West Palm Beach attorney says she is representing three boys who accused a Polk County schoolteacher of having sex with them. ...more

June 6, 2008

SEBRING — Two elementary schools will have new assistant principals during the upcoming school year. Melissa Blackman will take over as assistant principal of Woodlawn Elementary and Carla Ball will be assistant principal at Memorial Elementary. ...more

May 7, 2008

LAKELAND - As a "community coach," Fred Standifer underwent a school district vetting process that included a drug screen, criminal background check and orientation for behavior with children, according to the Polk County School District's top human resources administrator. ...more

January 24, 2008

A Tampa Bay area legal expert says charges of child pornography may not stick to a Lakeland school principal. ...more

December 25, 2007

BARTOW - A Polk County principal was arrested today after deputies found pictures of a childlike naked woman with the head of a girl superimposed on the image, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

December 21, 2007