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...
Bartow, Haines City, Winter Haven Celebrating Juneteenth
by James Coulter
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, officially abolishing slavery and freeing more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans. Two years later, on June 19, 1865, Union...
Polk County Sheriff's Office investigating murder in unincorporated Bartow; suspect arrested
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is conducting a homicide investigation in the area of Transport Road and Spruce Road in unincorporated Bartow. Deputies responded to that area Friday morning,...
Local Firehouse Subs franchisee Bobby Sahgal owns both restaurants in Bartow and Winter Haven alongside his son Abhay, who serves as the General Manager. The father and son duo have just as a strong working and personal bond outside of...
