The state has seen a 53% increase in COVID-19 deaths. So far there are no confirmed deaths in Polk.
Polk Cases for COVID-19 have increased 15% since Friday. While the Polk County area is not a hot...
Bartow Police Department Press Release
On 03/15/2020 at about 11:03am, a traffic crash was reported at the intersection of US Hwy 98 N at Lyle Parkway. Units responded to the area, and located Jennifer Vargas, 30 years of age,...
His Paintings Are Created "Like A Dream", And They Won HimBest In Show At Bloomin Art Festival
by James Coulter
An old man drums upon a set of plastic containers, while a young boy behind him plays a drum. Behind them...
PRESS RELEASEBARTOW POLICE DEPARTMENT02/28/2020
The Bartow Police Department is currently working a reported suspicious incident in the area of Clower Street and Woodlawn Avenue. At approximately 1:40 PM today, a middle school student reported he was riding his bicycle home...
Lakeland Pedestrian Killed After Walking Out In Front Of a PCSO Patrol Car
PCSO Press Release:
A Lakeland man was killed Tuesday night, February 25, 2020, after he ran into a Bartow roadway, in the path of an oncoming Polk County...
Jeepin With Judd Kicks Up Dirts For Sixth Year
by James Coulter
For the past two years, Robert Erickson, owner of 12th Street Embroidery, has been traveling down from Maryland to Bartow for an opportunity to showcase and sell his Jeep...
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash involving a pedestrian and a PCSO patrol car. The preliminary information is that a pedestrian crossed in front of a PCSO patrol car and was struck at about 8:00 pm...
SyFy Bartow Brings Myths And Magic To Life
by James Coulter
Sam Bork loved playing Spyro The Dragon on her PlayStation as a child. Now that she is all grown up, she wears a costume based on her favorite video game...
