Officers were called to Bluebird Ave around noon to investigate a murder. Neighbors tell ABC Action News it's usually a quiet area, and they are shocked to see a crime scene. BARTOW, Fla.

An 18-year-old Bartow man faces a charge of first-degree murder after the Polk County Sheriff's Office said he stabbed an 81-year-old man to death in his bed. The Sheriff’s Office announced the ...

Edwin Arthur Vetter, longtime Polk County educator and founder of the county's first International Baccalaureate School, passed away at 79. Vetter's IB school at Bartow High School consistently ...

A Fort Meade man died in a shootout with Polk County deputies and Bartow police officers outside a Lowe's Home Improvement store. The incident began with a domestic dispute where the suspect ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise has narrowed proposed routes for the Central Polk Parkway East toll road from four to two. The new routes, designated Corridors E and F, now terminate at U.S. 27 in ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA ... “The baby was literally beaten to death,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters during a press conference in March. Officials said the baby died two days ...

Learn more. STATE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend, and harvest ...