Polk County commissioners approved $1.57 million for architectural and engineering services for phase 1 of an ...

Michael Strako, 38, died after being thrown from a homemade go-kart struck from behind by a Hyundai Elantra in Bartow, the ...

Wearing purple ribbons on their lapels, dozens of people called out of work or adjusted their plans to attend a Tuesday morning meeting of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners.

The owner of the property on Blue Bird Avenue in Bartow intends to evict the renter who had been subleasing the house as a ...

Bartow Police and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) are currently investigating a murder following the violent death of an 81-year-old man.

Moses Ojeda had a first appearance in court May 19 and is being held without bond on a murder charge. He is scheduled for an arraignment on June 24.

Edwin Arthur Vetter, longtime Polk County educator and founder of the county's first International Baccalaureate School, passed away at 79. Vetter's IB school at Bartow High School consistently ...

Bartow Police and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) are currently investigating a murder following the violent death of an 81-year-old man. Ernst doubles down on Medicaid comment with ...