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Bartow Ford Winter Wonderland Lets It Snow For Fourth Year

Bartow Ford Winter Wonderland Lets It Snow For Fourth Year by James Coulter Rachel Aguilera from Lakeland waited patiently in line to see if the key she received would open the door to a F150 Super Cab STX Two Wheel Job...

Honey Bee Festival & Craft Fair

Honey Bee Festival & Craft Fair by James Coulter Hundreds swarmed to Downtown Bartow like a swarm of busy bees for the 27th Annual Bartow Craft Fair, which also included the Honey Bee Festival, Car Show, and Antique Market. This year the...

Bartow Police Searching For Shooting Suspect

**Update** Detectives arrested Christopher Downs earlier this date (11/14/2018 @1215) in reference to this case. Acting on an anonymous tip, detectives with our agency and deputies with the Polk County Sheriff's Office located Downs at a residence in the Gordon...

Bartow Man Arrested For Allegedly Committing Lewd Act & Indecent Exposure At Saddle Creek Park

Polk County Sheriff's Office Press Release On October 30, 2018, 56-year-old Ronald Skroback, of Bartow, started a conversation with an undercover detective at Saddle Creek Park. During the discussion, Skroback started clearing tools and paint supplies from the back of his...

Crickette Parade And Carnival Kicks Off Halloween In Bartow

Crickette Parade And Carnival Kicks Off Halloween In Bartow by James Coulter The merry old land of Oz may lie "somewhere over the rainbow", but last week, the Emerald City and its citizens appeared in Downtown Bartow during the annual Crickette...

Bomb Threat Hoax & Box Of Electronic’s Trash Cause Stir In The City Of Bartow Thursday

Bartow Police Department Press Release At approximately 6:30pm, Bartow Police Officers responded to the Polk County Courthouse in reference to a suspicious device.  During the initial investigation, the device was observed and believed to be suspicious in nature by responding...

2 Girls Planned Knife Attack’s At Bartow Middle School

Bartow Police Department Press Release Yesterday at approximately 1:30pm, the Bartow Police School Resource Officer assigned to Bartow Middle School was summoned to the Principal's office in reference to an armed juvenile complaint.  During the course of the investigation, it...

Bartow Man Ran Over Another Man With Truck Charge With Attempted 2nd Degree Murder

Polk County Sheriff's Office Press Release On the morning of Tuesday, October 10, 2018, the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged 49-year-old Larry Washington for intentionally hitting another man with a truck following an argument. The attack left...

2 Men Rescued After Small Plane Crashes In Lake Hancock

Polk County Sheriffs Office Press Release The Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to a downed aircraft this afternoon, and assisted with rescuing the victims. Preliminary information so far is as follows: Around 1:35 p.m. on Friday, September 28, 2018, the PCSO...

Polk County SWAT Breach Entry & Apprehend Barricaded Suspect

Bartow, Florida - On 09/25/2018 at about 3:40pm, officers with the Bartow Police Department began investigating a domestic violence incident which reportedly occurred at 1185 Britts Lane in Bartow. After interviewing the victim and obtaining medical treatment for her...
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From Rescue to Forever: Polk County Bully Project Saving Grace for 100’s of Dogs Every Year

Foster Volunteers are Urgently NeededBy Anita Todd LAKELAND – It might sound like an oxymoron, but any dog that checks into...
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