Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to ...

The Polk County School System is holding a press conference Thursday morning with Sheriff Grady Judd on school safety and ...

Polk County Superintendent Fred Heid and Sheriff Grady Judd spoke on school safety and recent arrests for student threats in ...

Polk County Public Schools has seen an alarming increase in students making online threats to either bomb or shoot up a school. In the first 28 days of school there have been 24 students arrested.

Several counties are emphasizing how seriously threats are being taken and highlighting their added security measures.

Amid a spate of school shooting threats less than a month into a new school year, Florida school districts are reminding ...

Polk County Public Schools cited airborne allergies in adopting a policy that barred students under 5 from bringing food or ...

Polk County Schools are undergoing a crisis as the system reports receiving an overwhelming wave of threats against schools ...

Fred Heid, Superintendent of Polk County School District, revealed this alarming statistic during a Thursday news conference, only weeks after a fatal incident at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

Polk Schools Superintendent Fred Heid sent a letter to parents Aug. 30 explaining the change in the district’s policy. That came just four days after the district informed parents of the new ...