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Spurlow’s Archery Pro Shop Opened With Ribbon Cutting In Bartow

Spurlow's Archery Pro Shop Opened With Ribbon Cutting In Bartow by James Coulter Spurlow's Archery Pro Shop may have recently opened in Bartow, but this small shop has a large customer base with a worldwide reach. Since first opening in Frostproof, this...

Gibbons Street Elementary To Be Converted Into Preschool Center

Gibbons Street Elementary To Be Converted Into Preschool Center by James Coulter Though a unanimous vote, Gibbons Street Elementary School in Bartow will have its students re-zoned through an approved recommendation by the Polk County School Board during their monthly meeting...

Camp READY! Bartow Starts June 11th

Event Name: Camp READY! Bartow Event Type(s): Member Event Description: The Learning Resource Center's Camp READY! summer program prepares rising and repeating kindergartners for academic success over four weeks. Through hands-on, experiential learning centers, students experience learning that is FUN! With...

County Breaks Ground On $17.5 Million Project At Bartow High School

Polk County School Board Press Release Polk County Public Schools officials on Tuesday broke ground for a major renovation to Bartow High School. The school district will be adding a new, two-story building and Construction Academy, as well as renovating and...

Polk County Sheriffs Working Fatal Crash On S.R. 60

PCSO Press Release The East bound lanes of Highway 60 East of Bartow are now open. Traffic is flowing through the area in both directions, though please use caution. PCSO investigated a fatal crash (single vehicle, 1 fatality) on Highway...

Mother And 3 Year Old Son Died After Tragic Accident

A mother and her 3-year-old son were killed as a result from a crash Monday, April 23, 2018, at about 11:47 p.m., when their car - a 1999 silver Toyota Corolla - went off the roadway and slammed into...

Unpredictable, Unplanned Fun At Bartow St. Patrick’s Day Un-Parade

Unpredictable, Unplanned Fun At Bartow St. Patrick's Day Un-Parade by James Coulter Downtown Bartow came alive with the luck of the Irish as plenty of laddies and lassies celebrated St. Patrick's Day early with the annual St. Patrick's Day Un-Parade and...

Military-Grade Explosives and Tactical Equipment Found in a Bartow Home

PCSO Release: On Tuesday, March 13, 2018, PCSO deputies responded to a call indicating a package labeled "C-4 explosive" was found in a home located on State Road 60 in Bartow. Detectives executed a search warrant at this home, and...

West Virginia Man Arrested on Polk Warrant for Grand Theft of Corvette from Kelley Buick GMC

  West Virginia Man Arrested on Polk Warrant for Grand Theft of Corvette from Kelley Buick GMC On March 13, 2018, Mercer County (WV) deputies arrested 31-year-old Jake Ernest Boswell, Jr., on a Polk County Warrant for grand theft (F-3), obtaining a vehicle...

Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle Sunday in Bartow

On February 18, 2019 at 7:28 am, officers responded to the intersection of E Church St and S Broadway Avenue in reference to a traffic crash involving a vehicle versus pedestrian. The vehicle involved was a 2002 GMC pickup truck driven by...
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City of Bartow Honors Executive Director of the Historic L. B. Brown House with Official Proclamation 

by James Coulter  A prominent resident who played a vital role in the preservation and recognition of a local historic...
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