The City of Bartow will host three community meetings to discuss its proposed 2026–27 budget, city priorities and the potential local effects of Florida’s proposed constitutional Amendment 3 ahead of ...

BARTOW, Fla. — The city of Bartow is hosting a community forum Tuesday to continue talks on whether fluoride should be removed from the city’s drinking water. State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo ...

Walker County has hit the pause button on new data centers this summer.Now, county leaders are trying to decide what rules ...

Most people think retirement in Florida means choosing between a condo with a golf view and a studio apartment above a bait ...

Kayaking and boating are popular too, and the natural scenery around these lakes has a quiet, unhurried beauty that ...

Bartow Ford has sold to North Carolina-based Crossroads Automotive Group. But the new owners plan business and community ...

Bartow has hired an outside investigator to look into former Police Chief Stephen Walker as the Polk Sheriff's Office ...

BARTOW, Fla. — Bartow’s public library is partnering with the city’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department to create the city’s first story trail, a half-mile outdoor space behind the library ...

Former Polk County Sheriff's K9 Ace was honored during a City Commission meeting in Bartow on Thursday.

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — The GBI is investigating after a sheriff’s deputy got into a shootout with an armed man, who ran from a fast-food restaurant. The suspect is dead, Bartow County Coroner Joel Guyton ...

Authorities are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting outside a Cartersville McDonald's on Tuesday morning. Investigators said 31-year-old Marcus Maurice Williams died after shooting at a ...

Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor at his Sept. 2 public meeting approved a road abandonment and several grant ...