In a move to bolster its command staff, the City of Bartow announced on Tuesday that it has selected not one, but two new ...

With a list of demands, including body worn cameras for Bartow police officers, many of the pastors with Florida’s 400 African Methodist Episcopal churches assembled at Fort Blount Park in Bartow on ...

The four finalists for the Bartow police chief job are scheduled to attend a meet and greet open to the public on Oct. 8 while their interview process continues. Bartow recently narrowed its search ...

BARTOW, Fla. — A controversial traffic stop involving a well-known pastor has led to sweeping changes for the Bartow Police Department. The Bartow City Commission voted this week to spend $2.1 million ...

THE ATTACK. MEANTIME, WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN POLK COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED A MAN DURING A SHOOTOUT. THIS HAPPENED IN BARTOW. TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE SHOT, BUT WE’RE ...

Body-worn cameras for the Bartow Police Department, pay raises for new and existing city employees and upgrades to the city’s stormwater system and fire services are among the expenditures in the 2025 ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — New red light cameras are now in use at eight separate intersections in the City of Bartow. “Highway 60 and highway 98 and 17 that come through our city, there’s dangerous ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Bartow police officers and Polk Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the shooting of a Polk County couple during the weekend, allegedly by their son. According to the sheriff’s ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — A tense traffic stop has prompted changes at the Bartow Police Department. A local pastor said he was racially targeted, and now city leaders are modifying policies and issuing a ...

BARTOW, Florida -- Two middle school girls in central Florida brought knives to school in a foiled plot to kill classmates, cut them up and drink their blood before killing themselves, police ...