The district says it currently has nearly 800 students and more than 60 staff members with reported illnesses.

According to the Polk County School District, there have been “excessive” student absences related to the norovirus and flu.

The school district said the closures allowed for a deep cleaning after it reported on Thursday that 761 students and 63 school-level staff members were sick.

In response, multiple Georgia school districts posted statements online and sent out letters to families who may be afraid. Below is what the USA TODAY Network has found so far. This article will ...

who represents Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, is under fire for remarks he made regarding government assistance programs, specifically free school lunches, during an interview with CNN on ...

In Georgia, private schools have proportionally fewer Black students, 15%, versus public schools, 36%. Let’s address the segregation issue first. In 1954, with the issue of school desegregation ...

POLK COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia school district will close its buildings on Friday to take preventative measures due to the flu and norovirus. Polk County Schools district says there have been ...

Ryan O'Hara, a 2014 graduate of Parkview High School in Georgia, was the crew chief of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in a mid-air collision with an American Airlines jet near Reagan National ...

(WALB) - As immigration sweeps ramped up nationwide, Coffee County school officials said they ... is sparking fear in communities here in South Georgia. That’s why across South Georgia ...