Bartow News

A contract under which the city would pay the Polk County Sheriff's Office to take over police services in Bartow will be considered by the Bartow City Commission on Monday.

Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 10:56 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 10:58 p.m. BARTOW City commissioners Monday night will once again consider a cost-cutting plan for the Sheriff's Office ...

A Seminole County man has been sentenced to a little more than two years in prison for traveling to meet someone he thought was a child, with the intention of having sex.

Nine public hearings relating to a tree preservation ordinance, "Florida friendly" landscaping, the number of parking spaces required for various types of development, and several annexations and zoning actions ...

For victims of domestic violence, the fear for themselves dims in comparison to the fear for those they love, and while shelters are prepared for children, they often can't equipped to deal with the family ...

Published: Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 6:41 a.m. BARTOW A lawyer for convicted murderer Roy Phillip Ballard says prosecutors are continuing to seek the death ...

Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 7:08 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 7:45 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol is reporting a crash with injuries on State Road 60 at Armour Road east of ...

Published: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 6:10 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 6:19 a.m. BARTOW Arthur Lee White listened intently Monday as the jury's verdict was read aloud.

Hector Guerrero-Martinez at the courthouse in Bartow, Fl. July 11, 2008. Jason match.

BARTOW - Inmates at one central Florida jail won't be eating quite as well thanks to budget cuts.

Jerome Denmark, 31, one of five men accused of a 2006 drive-by shooting. Published: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 9:04 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 10:41 a.m. Jerome Denmark, BARTOW A 31-year- ...

Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 12:29 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. BARTOW A proposed off-road vehicle park and concert venue in southeastern Polk got the OK on Tuesday from county ...

Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 6:20 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 7:21 a.m. MICHAEL WILSON LEDGER PHOTOS BEN TERRELL, accompanied by his defense lawyer, Deborah Goins, pleads guilty ...

Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 6:20 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 7:04 a.m. MICHAEL WILSON ARTHUR LEE WHITE, observes jury selection in court Tuesday.

Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 6:11 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 7:20 a.m. LAKELAND A 14-year-old Lakeland boy was arrested Monday after police say he had sex with a 5-year-old boy at ...

Plans to renovate Bartow's old cigar factory, dating to the 1920s, have somewhat stalled while organizers work out the financing.

Published: Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 12:18 p.m. BARTOW Jeffrey Lenard Green Jr.

Published: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 1:40 a.m. BARTOW After years of residents' complaints, Bartow crews are turning the intersection of Clower Street and Shumate ...

Published: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 6:09 a.m. BARTOW Bryan Cassidy told jurors Monday how he took off his shirt and pressed it against the gunshot wound of his ...

Published: Friday, July 4, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 4, 2008 at 6:19 a.m. BARTOW Murder defendant Leon Davis Jr., charged with the worst multi-day killing rampage in Polk history, won't be ...