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Acadiana schools that will be closed or having early dismissal Monday, Jan. 8 due to potentially dangerous weather and flash flooding risks.

Polk County Public Schools announced it is partnering with Bezos Academy to bring a tuition-free preschool to Lakeland in 2025.

The federal grant provides funding to support planning and implementation of magnet programs; St. Martin Parish will use it to fund their PROSPER program

Jarvis Young has been a volunteer coach at Lakeland since 2020. The district says it's investigating how previous conduct wasn't discovered.

The largest remaining power outage in Polk County by 11 a.m. was in the Duke Energy area, affecting more than 300 from Lake Hamilton to Lake Wales.

Polk County Schools is launching a teacher-led tutoring program through a new partnership with Varsity Tutors.

Teen arrested for making bomb threat during piano recital  A Haines City student who apparently didn’t like a school piano recital is now facing the music, as well as facing felony charges for making a bomb threat. After a four-month investigation into a bomb threat at Ridge Community High School,16-year-old…

The best performance came from students in grades third through fifth in the math FSA, DOE data shows.

A 20-year old substitute English teacher at Lakeland High School was arrested by detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit on Friday, December 10, 2021 after it was learned she had sexually battered a student (16-years or younger).Ayanna Davis of Lakeland admitted to detectives that she had unprotected…

A 20-year old substitute English teacher at Lakeland High School was arrested by detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit on Friday, December 10, 2021 after it was learned she had sexually battered a student (16-years or younger).Ayanna Davis of Lakeland admitted to detectives that she had unprotected…