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📍 Bartow — Polk County, Florida

Daily Ridge provides local news coverage for Bartow, Florida, reporting on community updates, city announcements, public safety, schools, local events, and issues impacting residents. As the county seat of Polk County, Bartow coverage includes civic developments, court-related news, and stories that affect the daily lives of people who live and work in the community.

Bartow Police Searching For Shooting Suspect

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**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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Do You Know This Person of Interest in Bartow Thefts?

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Below is a video from Bartow PD showing a Person of Interest in recent thefts around town. Please contact Det. Ken Fender at 863-534-5034 if you have any information to share regarding this case. https://www.facebook.com/bartow.police/videos/342442453170126/

Missing Endangered Juvenile Bartow

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***Update*** Missing Juvenile Missing Juvenile, Lesley Perez, was located this afternoon by Bartow Police after receiving a tip from the public regarding a possible sighting. Perez was safe and sound, and has been returned to her caregiver. Bartow Police Department Press Release Missing -...
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Polk County Fire Rescue Earns Mission: Lifeline EMS® Gold Award for Second Straight Year

Polk County Fire Rescue’s dedication to exceptional prehospital care earned the organization the coveted American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline...
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