Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 ...

Another local school district is sounding the alarm about a current federal funding freeze that’s keeping almost $400 million ...

The Bartow Police Department is pledging to make changes after officers pulled over a local pastor and a K-9 unit searched his car.

A Polk County deputy and a Bartow police officer are injured after a Fort Meade man opened fire outside Bartow Lowe's on Good Friday evening.

The investigations collectively seized a staggering 64 pounds of fentanyl – enough to claim millions of lives and marking the most significant single seizure in Polk County's history.

A Polk County deputy and a Bartow police officer are injured after a Fort Meade man opened fire outside Bartow Lowe's on Good Friday evening.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

According to Florida’s Department of Health, Bartow is one of five cities in Polk County that still add fluoride to drinking water, along with Auburndale, Haines City, Lakeland, and Lake Alfred.

Davenport Man Arrested After Wild Hotel Drug Bust Tiekei Dickerson was promptly arrested by the Polk County Sheriff's Office on the outstanding warrant and transported to the Polk County Jail.

Florida driver caught going over 100 mph minutes after new ‘Super Speeder’ law kicks in: deputies Bartow police said the officer who pulled Pastor Don’tavius Sanders over was new to the job.

After a failed motion to fire Fort Meade’s interim city manager, Alis Drumgo, commissioners considered extending his ...

A video game is leading to real-world consequences for two out-of-state teenagers. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said, on ...