Bartow News

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. BARTOW A 14-year-old Lakeland youth accused of stabbing a man 30 times will remain in custody at the Polk Juvenile Detention Center until he returns to court next month, a Circuit Court judge ruled Thursday.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 2:33 a.m. Two Bartow teens were arrested Thursday after police say they robbed a Bartow High student.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 1:37 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. Two Bartow High School employees were officially reprimanded and another was verbally warned for their roles in discovering an ineligible football player at Kathleen HIgh School last month, but the controversy appears to be far from over.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:16 p.m. Happy birthday to the Bartow Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

A 14-year-old with a lengthy criminal record will appear in court today on charges of attempted murder.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:55 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 2:25 a.m. BARTOW Jurors listened Tuesday as witnesses described the chaotic scene when Marc Metelus was gunned down last year on the dance floor of a crowded Lakeland nightclub.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:44 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. BARTOW A 36-year-old Wahneta man was sentenced Monday to 13 years in prison for killing a co-worker who he blamed for burglarizing his home.

BARTOW - 28-year-old Jodi Kathleen Oates of Davenport is a mother of three who has a lot to live for.

Michael Gay didn't think much of a small fire he saw when he was driving down 80 Foot Road near Bartow on Wednesday night.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:27 a.m. BARTOW Polk County Planning Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve two future office complexes along County Road 540A in the Lakeland Highlands.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. BARTOW Bartow's Church Service Center, which lost its stockpile of holiday donations to fire last month, is searching for 35 families whose approvals for holiday assistance were lost in the blaze.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 1:18 p.m. BARTOW A Bartow man was texting while driving when he hit a garbage truck and caused a worker to lose both his legs, prosecutors say.

On Thursday, November 5, 2009, acting on an anonymous tip, Polk County Sheriff's undercover detectives served a search warrant at 7316 Thomas Jefferson Circle East in Bartow and seized a working moonshine still.

A moonshine apparatus by any other name is still a still. Polk County sheriff's deputies this week raided a Bartow home and seized a working still.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 11:14 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. BARTOW Proving moonshine is still around and still illegal, the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested two men last night and seized a working moonshine still, along with seven filled jars.

GINGER FORTNER, from left, Carolyn Hinton, Eda Marchman and Frances Williams hold some of the items to be sold at the Bartow Lioness Club Bazaar on Saturday at the Bartow Civic Center.

The Bartow Church Services Center burned down last week, along with food, clothing and toys intended for hundreds of needy families during hard times.They claim to have lost some key paperwork as well.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:24 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:24 p.m. BARTOW Facing television cameras shortly after her son's killer was convicted, Pat Mulder told reporters Tuesday her son didn't deserve to die, and she encouraged people to fight against hatred.

What began as a shoplifting attempt Monday ended up with a man being booked into the Polk County Jail on a charge of armed robbery, the Bartow Police Department reported.

It took a jury two hours of deliberations to find William Brown, Jr. guilty of first degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon.