Polk County Administrator John Norris may be entitled to six months compensation if he is ultimately fired after being placed on paid administrative leave earlier this month, according to records ...

Known as “Sandy,” she was the daughter of the late Norris Edgar Smith, Jr. and Hazel Wilde Smith. She was born in Asheville but spent her childhood in Transylvania County before the family’s ...

In the main gallery, there is "Five Ways of Looking at Home," featuring works by Dana Shavin, Brent Sanders, Lisa Norris ... at 6 p.m. Thursday in the John C. Williams Art Gallery on the second ...

Association for Visual Arts shows, through April 10: "Five Ways of Looking at Home," works by Dana Shavin, Brent Sanders, Lisa Norris ... 2-30.creativeartsguild.org FRANKLIN COUNTY ARTS GUILD ...

Sandra Smith Muse, of Columbus, died Tues2, 2025. Known as “Sandy,” she was the daughter of the late Norris Edgar Smith, Jr., ...

A Polk County deputy fatally shot a man who was allegedly advancing on him with a knife, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

One man is dead after Polk County deputies say he charged at one of them with a knife, forcing them to fire several shots ...

For the second time in 2025, the Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved a severance agreement with a county medical ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said this is the third Friday in a row where "people have tried to kill my deputies." ...

"It's not going to be the best for your families or our families in Polk County. I am saying that from first-hand experience," John Jacobson, a metro funeral home director, told the board last month.

Two Polk County police officers were injured Saturday night while pursuing wanted suspect A.J. Ware, who remains at large. Officer Tre McDonald is recovering at home, while Officer John Chandler ...