City of Bartow investigates code violations as caregiver faces fallout from deadly attack on 81-year-old resident. Group home owner, Eddrena Thornton, speaks out about the investigation.

Six years ago, class president Tyler Armstead sat inside Bartow Arena and watched as his brother graduated from Thompson High ...

An 18-year-old man is facing a first-degree murder charge after authorities say he stabbed his 81-year-old roommate more than ...

Authorities in Florida are investigating the “violent death” of an 81-year-old man at an independent living group home.

BARTOW, Fla. (WKRC/WFTS/CNN Newsource) - Authorities were investigating the "violent death" of an 81-year-old man at an independent living group home. The incident has left the local community on edge ...

A Fort Meade man died in a shootout with Polk County deputies and Bartow police officers outside ... 911 call shortly before 4:30 p.m. from a man inside Lowe's. The man reported his son, 34 ...

The Florida Department of Transportation opened congestion relief lanes on I-4 east of U.S. 27 in Polk, creating four travel ...

Bartow running back Traveon Hymes is tackled ... Morrell replaces Tyler Eden, who who was arrested recently by the Polk County Sheriffs Office on three charges of lewd offense against a student ...

His father went inside the hardware store and was hidden by his coworkers after telling them what had happened. Bartow police received a 911 call from Volz’s father and responded to the scene. The ...

HIS DAD GOT OUT, WENT INSIDE, TOLD THE COWORKERS WHAT ... following an officer-involved shooting on Friday in Bartow, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office and Bartow Police Department.

His father went inside the hardware store and was hidden by his coworkers after telling them what had happened. Bartow police received a 911 call from Volz’s father and responded to the scene. The ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — Two law enforcement officers were shot in Polk County Friday during a gunfight ... His father went inside the hardware store and was hidden by his coworkers after telling ...