Polk County Commissioners failed to come to a compromise during a third budget work session Tuesday night, delaying the fiscal year 2017 budget another month. During the final budget work session of June, county commissioner Jennifer Hulsey proposed an amendment to the FY17 budget that would eliminate the assistant countyContinue Reading

Two suspects accused of being involved in the October 2015 shooting death of Daniel Leon pleaded guilty and have been sentenced in Polk Superior Court. According to District Attorney Jack Browning, 17-year-old Brandon Wilson entered a guilty plea in court Monday morning to charges of felony voluntary manslaughter and felonyContinue Reading

ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations located in Georgia as a result of the drought that began on July 12, 2016. This disasterContinue Reading