Deputies from the Polk
County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal vehicle crash at around 6:00 p.m.
Monday evening, September 6, 2021, at the intersection of SR 60 and Old
Connersville Road in unincorporated Bartow.
According to the
preliminary investigation, 32-year-old Brittany Young of...
Bartow Feed Store Collecting Donations For Local Youth Who Lost Father To COVID
by James Coulter
Florida Farm And Ranch Supply in Bartow is collecting a feed fund for the show cattle of two local youths after their father tragically passed away from COVID-19.
Tracy Hilleshiem tragically lost his battle against COVID on...
Bartow Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday With Car Parade
by James Coulter
Patsy Harris has been living at her Bartow home ever since the 1950s. There she raised seven children who would go on to bless her with many grandchildren, great grandchildren,...
PCSO undercover detectives and partnering agencies conducted an undercover operation from July 27th through August 1, 2021, during which detectives posed as juveniles on social media platforms, mobile apps, and online dating sites to investigate those who prey upon...
Bartow, Fla. (July 30, 2021) — Polk County’s Rental and Utilities Assistance program application deadline has been extended to Aug. 13.
The Board of County Commissioners allocated $17 million for the program earlier this year and the county began taking applications...
Culpepper’s Cardiac Foundation Delivers Lunch to Bartow Fire Fighters
by James Coulter
Mike Hancock and Melanie Brown Culpepper had been childhood friends since kindergarten. They knew each other's family and church family.
The two of them hadn't seen each other since high...
Enjoy A Teddy Bear Picnic at Bartow Public Library on Saturday July 10
by James Coulter
If you go to Bartow on Saturday, you're sure of a big surprise. If you go down to the library, you'd better go in disguise!...
Bartow Adult Concert Band Returns with Fourth of July Concert This Sunday
by James Coulter
What could be more patriotic on a Fourth of July than listening to John Philip Sousa's "Stars And Stripes Forever" performed by a live band? You...
On Thursday, June 24, 2021, PCSO Agricultural Crimes detectives arrested and charged 52-year-old Dashong Bonner of Bartow with two counts felony animal cruelty (F3) and one count misdemeanor animal cruelty (M1) after an investigation into the severe neglect of dogs at...
Bartow Celebrates Return of Juneteenth Celebration
by James Coulter
Members of the African American community in Bartow gathered together to welcome the return of their Juneteenth Celebration last weekend.
Several local vendors and food trucks set up underneath the Polk Street Overpass...
