Officials have evacuated residents from over 250 homes in the northwestern reaches of the county. Governor Josh Stein declared another State of Emergency for western North Carolina Wednesday as ...

Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires ...

A bill is being proposed in Texas that is meant to eliminate a legal loophole that is allowing sexual predators to avoid ...

POLK COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A major structure fire was reported on 340th Ave. in Lewis, Wis. The Inter-County Leader is on scene. They say flames were four stories high. Multiple departments from Polk ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a buckskin gelding quarter horse that was stolen near the county line on FM 943 east of Big Sandy Sunday evening.

Firefighters announced progress Wednesday night on containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the North Carolina ...

A 44-year old man from Mexico who is in the United States illegally, was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and charged with four fraud-related felonies. Edgar Flores Robles, was taken into ...

Deputies say the driver was first spotted going the wrong way on I-80 around 4:15 a.m. Wednesday morning near Northeast 14th Street.

Despite crews gaining ground on containment of the Black Cove Complex fire, Polk County officials said wildfire activity ...

Residents of a Rutherfordton neighborhood were ordered to evacuate immediately on Wednesday afternoon, March 26, when a fire ...

Laurin Bell, a memorable contestant on a 2023 episode of Jeopardy, has died at the age of 41. The Polk County Medical Examiner's office confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that Bell died on March 23, ...