The Bartow Public Library will be giving out pony rides and hosting a petting zoo free for the public on Nov 22nd from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at their location located at 2150 S. Broadway Ave in Bartow.
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Bartow, Florida - We have reader reports of an accident on Hwy 98 in the southbound lanes near Lyle Parkway in Bartow. According to a reader the intersection is blocked and traffic is currently backing up. We are currently...
Bartow, Florida - On 10/20/2016 members of the Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to 4775 80 Foot Road, Bartow in reference to a 911 hang-up. Upon arrival, deputies began walking up to the residence to make contact with the...
Bartow, Florida - At approximately 1:03pm a text went out advising that local Bartow Schools were being put on lockdown. According to the message reportedly from the Polk County School System the schools were on a heightened security watch....
Bartow, Florida - According to the Florida Highway Patrol an accident has occurred this morning on S.R.60 & just West of 80 Foot Road. The accident actually occurred at 5:50am, but the FHP wasn't called to handle until 6:18am...
Bartow, Florida - On Monday, Sept. 26, at the Burnham-McCall Training Center, eight Polk County Fire Rescue tactical medics partnered to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Weapons and Tactics team completed training with three Tampa General Hospital Aeromed...
The Polk County Heart Walk kicks off this Saturday in Bartow.
Participants attend the Polk County Heart Walk to create hope, inspire change and celebrate the lifesaving work of the American Heart Association.
Each year, 1.2 million Americans will suffer a...
Press Release Polk County Sheriff's Department
On Friday, September 16, 2016, PCSO Deputies arrested a Polk County School Board employee for one count Grand Theft (F-3). The suspect,
47-year-old Fontello Joboham of Winter Haven, removed $1,080.00 cash from the victim's purse...
Bartow, Florida - According to reports an incident involving Peter Dumais, of Bartow, occurred at The Good Life RV Resort on August 2, 2016 at around 6:30pm. Dumais went to the community pool at The Good Life RV Resort...
Lake Wales. Florida - On 09/03/2016 the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and P.C.E.M.S. received a call in reference to an unresponsive male inside his vehicle at the Lake Wales Mud Hole.
P.C.E.M.S. arrived on scene and determined the male subject,...
