POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation after an inmate died at Bartow Regional Medical Center on Tuesday. Martha Collier, 63, of Lake Alfred ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says it's investigating after Bartow police shot an armed carjacker, 32-year-old Joshua Walker, Monday afternoon on U.S. 98. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — Long before animatronics and skeletons lined the walls, detention deputies suspected the old county jail in Bartow was haunted. “In the cameras that were sitting up on ...

BARTOW — A 63-year-old Polk County Jail inmate died early Tuesday morning at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Martha Collier of Lake Alfred was transported by EMS from the Central County Jail ...

BARTOW, Fla. - A retired Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) Sergeant was tragically killed Monday evening by a drunk driver while attempting to remove debris from a roadway in Bartow. Dan Cooley ...