POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) – On Friday, Detectives and Deputies of the Polk County Sheriff’s went to 129 Amber Way Old Fort, TN 37362 in attempt to locate Kevin Wade O’Neal. According to the Polk ...

Authorities in Polk County, Tennessee, and neighboring communities are continuing a manhunt for the suspect in a Jan. 21 stabbing in Athens, Tennessee, who allegedly assaulted an officer after leading ...

A Tennessee county commissioner is working to unite elected officials in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia to discuss concerns arising from the transportation of biosolid waste products by a ...

POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) ordered that a bridge in Polk County be closed due to safety concerns. TDOT bridge structural inspectors closed the road ...

Officers found 14 improvised explosive devices while executing a search warrant for a man who had threatened to kill public officials and tried to detonate the devices as he was being arrested, ...

Firefighters have contained 60% of the 650-acre Appalachia Fire burning in remote Cherokee National Forest property in Polk County, Tennessee.The US Forest Setr ...

Deputies said a man in Polk County tried to detonate explosives when law enforcement officials came to arrest him for outstanding warrants. Polk County Sheriff's Office officials said, "On August 1st, ...

Authorities in Tennessee have arrested a man who threatened to kill public officials and had explosive devices in his Polk County home. Polk County Sheriff's deputies on Friday executed an arrest ...

For almost two decades, Polk County Sheriff Burch E. Biggs reigned supreme in Tennessee's southeasternmost county. His political machine was built upon three pillars?election fraud, police brutality, ...

We understand how heartbreaking it is to watch your adolescent or teen struggle with severe mental health conditions like suicidal thoughts, self-harm, depression and anxiety. As a parent or teen, the ...

Polk County Schools in Tennessee will join 13 other districts in the Rural AI Strategy Lab, a six-month program exploring how artificial intelligence can support teaching and learning in rural ...