Polk County Fire Rescue has the go-ahead from county commissioners to hire 75 new firefighters and paramedics.

The Polk County Commission voted Tuesday to create 75 new Fire Rescue positions to drastically reduce mandatory overtime of its first responders.

Saying Commissioner Bill Braswell's accusations about her department are wrong, the Polk County HR director suggests racial ...

Charging a “technology fee” on traffic citations was discussed, again, by county commissioners at their meeting this month.

The commissioner said he's angry that deficiencies cited in efficiency studies in 2017 and 2024 haven't been resolved.

Nemcic is far from alone. Robert Krouse is a former DOD contractor who said he worked alongside these vets. He endured two ...

Members of Polk's transportation planning board seemed to want to speed up the process for the eastern toll road, but also to ...

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Billionaire Bill Gates said in an interview early Tuesday that Elon Musk “wouldn’t be telling” employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) not to come to work if he ...

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LITTLE ELM — No. 6 Braswell held off Denton ISD rival No. 4 Guyer for a 41-37 home win Tuesday, clinching the District 5-6A championship on the regular season’s final day.