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

The suspect, an 18-year-old man, had been Baker Acted six times this year before fatally stabbing an 81-year-old man, Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said.

BARTOW, Fla. — An arrest has been made in the weekend murder of an elderly man at a group home in Bartow. Polk County Sheriff ...

BARTOW, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives have apprehended 18-year-old Moses Ojeda in connection with ...

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.

THE ATTACK. MEANTIME, WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN POLK COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED A MAN DURING A SHOOTOUT. THIS HAPPENED IN BARTOW. TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE SHOT ...

After Bartow County Sheriff’s deputies and U.S. Marshals showed up at a home, the man ran and barricaded himself inside. Officials say tear gas was used to get the man out of the home.

BARTOW, Fla. - A teacher and head football coach at ... then went to school administrators the next day. Mugshot of Tyler Eden. Courtesy: Polk County Jail. Administrators questioned Eden and told him ...

A high school teacher and head football coach at Bartow High School allegedly had several inappropriate conversations with female students. Tyler Eden, 31, was arrested by Polk County deputies ...

BARTOW, Fla ... the deputies tried to hold him down and handcuff him. Mugshot of Shane Brown from a previous arrest. Courtesy: Polk County Jail.

BARTOW, Fla. - The man who hit and killed a Bartow ... Perez drove away from that scene, as well, and was later arrested at the Brandon Mall. Mugshot of Edgardo Rosado Perez. Courtesy: Polk County ...

The City of Bartow and Polk County leaders have come up with a plan to build and share a new fire station. “When you have growth, you have traffic, and that creates delays. We want to be at the ...