Mulberry News

According to the Polk County Tax Appraiser's Office preliminary tax roll estimates released July 1, Frostproof is the only city in the county with a taxable value that increased since last year.

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. MULBERRY Former City Manager Frank Thomas got a Mulberry paycheck for three years.

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 7:12 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 7:12 p.m. BARTOW The loss in the value of taxable property in Polk County moderated somewhat from an earlier estimate, according to figures released Thursday by Polk County Property Appraiser Marsha Faux's office.

MULBERRY, Fla. a ' Badcock Home Furniture & more has laid off 40 people citing poor business conditions, according to a report by The Ledger.

Polk court official tells people how to interpret 'The Big Book.' Polk County Drug Court Clinical Coordinator Richard Rhodes sits in a courtroom holding a copy of his book "A Counselor Looks at the Big Book" Monday June 22, 2009 in Bartow, Florida.

One of the most insecure jobs in Polk County just got a new lease on life. It' been rumored for months that Mulberry would turn its fire service over to the county, leaving city firefighters in the lurch.

Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. MULBERRY Mulberry has for months flirted with turning its Fire Department over to Polk County.

No matter how much you straights love the gays, seeing two dudes kissing is repulsive .

I got a nice note from a MHS student who said that since Mulberry is full of good people who do good things, why isn't that in the paper instead of all the bad news.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 4:48 a.m. AUBURNDALE Baseball and soccer athletes won't be the only ones getting a workout at the expanded Lake Myrtle Sports Complex.

FROSTPROOF Gloom and doom was predicted for this Southeast Polk County city of 3,000 two years ago when Frostproof's largest employer announced that it was closing.

Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. An accident with injuries was reported about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday on South Florida Avenue at Lake Miriam Drive, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Published: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 11:31 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. MULBERRY Mulberry Mayor Julian Mullis threatened to resign Monday after he learned a newspaper story was being written about the arrest on a domestic violence charge of a man who was living at Mullis' home.

The Polk County Sheriffa s Office Violent Crimes Task Force conducted a 10 hour investigation targeting crimes related to quality of life issues crimes Thursday and arrested 21 suspects.

Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 9:04 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 1:28 p.m. MULBERRY Fire destroyed a double-wide mobile home in Mulberry, Polk County Fire Rescue reports.

Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating a series of armed personal robberies that they said seem to have been committed on the same day by the same person.

The peace has been shattered at Polk County's GameStop stores. In Winter Haven, employees of a GameStop store on Third Street Southwest were robbed three times, on Nov.

Paula Dockery, State Senator 15th district, at her office in Lakeland, Florida on June 5, 2009.

Published: Friday, June 5, 2009 at 10:18 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 5, 2009 at 10:18 p.m. FORT MEADE Fort Meade's only pharmacy shut its doors Friday, leaving customers with at least a 12-mile commute to have their prescriptions filled.

Published: Friday, June 5, 2009 at 3:05 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 5, 2009 at 3:04 a.m. MULBERRY K-9 Silvo has his ticket to freedom from a kennel.