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New band director appointed at Ballard; district administrators named to state organizations Ballard County’s new band director, Nolan Case, had a busy December. (Source: Ballard County) By Jessica Ladd | January 25, 2021 at 3:29 PM CST - Updated January 25 at 3:29 PM KENTUCKY (KFVS) - Ballard County’s new band director, Nolan Case, had a busy December. He graduated from Murray State University, got married, and got his first full-time teaching job. Case, an Owensboro native, was student-teaching at Paducah Middle School last fall when the Ballard job opened up. He said he s...

More than 19,000 people had registered for vaccinations as of Friday morning through phone lines and the website, a number that swelled to nearly 30,000 by the afternoon.

Polk County launched an online COVID-19 vaccination portal Thursday creating a second method for seniors to sign up. The online vaccination portal at register.polk.health went live about 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Senior citizens age 65 and older can register by providing their name, date of birth and contact information to receive an appointment when supplies become available. “This is something we have been developing, but wanted to get right,” Polk Commissioner Rick Wilson said in a press statement. “Relying on the proven technology we used to register Polk’s residents for CARES Act ...

The county reported that more than 29,000 had registered for vaccinations though phone lines and the website as of Friday afternoon.

LAKELAND — Polk County Public Schools are in negotiations with the Florida Department of Health’s Polk County office to put school district employees who are 65 or older near the front of the vaccination line.  “We did have some brief conversations about rolling out shots,” Deputy Superintendent John Hill said at Tuesday's School Board workshop in response to a question from School Board member Sarah Fortney. Hill said that he and Associate Superintendent for Human Resources Teddra Porteous were planning to reach out to Polk County's Department of Health Director Dr. Joy Jackson ...