From sea to shining sea” may very well have served as the professional motto of James K. Polk, our 11th president. Although ...

When Harrison Ruffin Tyler's grandfather was born 235 years ago in 1790, George Washington had just become the nation's first ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the grandson of the 10th president John Tyler, died on Sunday at the age of 96. Tyler was the son of ...

Additional positions may open after the expansion. In 2022, Gebhart received recognition from the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards as a semifinalist for Outstanding Baker. In the same ...

In 1846, the plains of Illinois fueled dreams. With rich soils and prairie grasses taller than a horse’s head, it attracted settlers eager to pursue the dream of having a place of their own on ...

Ronnie Dugger, crusading journalist, has died at age 95 in Austin. He was the founding editor of the Texas Observer.

Shares of movie theater companies soared on Tuesday following a record-breaking Memorial Day Weekend at the domestic box office ... "Since early April, weekend after weekend, moviegoers have ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot Timothy Shultz, 42, after he was attacked by a gator, assaulted a deputy with garden shears, broke into a patrol car, and attempted to steal a gun.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said a man here illegally from Venezuela has been charged with battery after striking a deputy while trying to flee a traffic stop.

WAHNETA, Fla. (CBS12) — An illegal immigrant from Venezuela was arrested after a traffic stop ended with the suspect getting tased. The Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) said the arrest ...

A man acting erratically in Lakeland, Florida, was fatally shot by Polk County deputies after charging at them ... according to the Sheriff's Office. (This story was revised to add new information.) ...

Senator James E. Risch made $169.1K in the stock market last month, per Quiver Quantitative's live net worth estimates. Quiver Quantitative estimates that Senator James E. Risch is worth $54.7M ...