Daily Ridge Bartow

Polk State College is offering free training for those seeking entry-level positions in the manufacturing industry. The next session of the College’s CNC Operator Training Program begins Aug. 15. Classes take place Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Polk State Clear Springs Advanced...

Bartow, Florida - According to published reports a three-judge panel at the Lakeland-based 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled 2-1 that Dion Kaseta, Lake Wales, deserves a new trial. Kaseta was accused of murdering a Lake Wales woman named...

Office of the State Attorney 10th Judicial Circuit - Release Bartow, Florida - Five kilograms of methamphetamine were entered as evidence in a two-day trial where jurors found Crystal Caldwell guilty of trafficking. Caldwell, 34, of Auburndale, faces a minimum of 15 years...

Bartow, Florida - Richard R. Frisbie, 92, long-time Bartow business and civic leader, died on Monday afternoon, July 25, 2016, at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, several weeks after suffering a stroke. He was born in Tampa on Feb....

Travel Softball Team Bartow Intimidators Take Home the World Series Title The team just returned back home from playing in Panama City Beach.  They won the 2016 USFA World Series. These girls worked so hard all week and battled to the...

OPERATION CHILD SHIELD 3 PCSO Computer Crimes Detectives Arrest Several Men For Possession of Child Pornography and Other Charges SheriffGradyJudd and Polk County School Board Superintendent Jacqueline M. Byrd will brief the media on these arrests at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon,...

Bartow, Florida - According to the Polk County Fire Rescue a small plane crashed around 11:15 am this morning. The crash occurred in a field near the Polk County Sheriff's Office training center. A single occupant in the plane...

WESLEY GRACE - ADDITIONAL CHARGES: On Monday, June 27, 2016, PCSO Deputies investigating multiple cases on the East side of unincorporated Polk County have added on 30 more charges to inmate Wesley Grace, DOB 11/25/1984. Grace now has 69 total charges. The...

Update: The Polk County Sheriff's Office is suspending the search for the armed carjacking suspect from Bartow who fled from deputies and police officers and shot at a PCSO helicopter earlier today. After an extensive and exhaustive search by law...

Update: 1:30pm- Homicide suspect PATRICK CHRISTOPHER PANTON 05/15/1994  was taken into custody without incident, a short time ago by the Orlando Police Dept. Working in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies in central Florida, PANTON was located in Orlando based...