The Florida Supreme Court has permanently revoked the law license of the executive director of a Bartow-based nonprofit legal group. The court ordered the disciplinary revocation for Sonya ...

An accused drunk driver is behind bars after investigators say he hit and killed a retired Polk County deputy on Monday night ...

Bartow city commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to continue adding fluoride to city water supply despite movement opposing the ...

A Polk County man wanted on six warrants accused of causing an officer-involved shooting in Fort Myers faces new charges.

LLC initiated the project for mining phosphate from land in Bartow, Florida, with $90 million in municipal bonds. The bondholders' trustee, UMB Bank, N.A., petitioned the court on Feb. 10 for the ...

A pending Florida bill could potentially overturn the Bartow commission's decision ... The practice has become a hot topic after a federal court ruling in California in September called on ...

Myles Strickland, 35, of Bartow, faces an addition of one count ... according to the county's court records. The Feb. 12 officer-involved shooting happened outside Mel's Diner, 4820 S.